Rafah residents condemn Israeli airstrikes

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Residents of southern Gaza city Rafah are reeling from heavy Israeli airstrikes in the wee hours of Monday (Feb 12) during which over 100 locals were reportedly killed and hundreds injured.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 [explosion]

00:04 [cars driving by]

00:08 [car driving by]

00:12 [children playing]

00:17 [speaking Arabic]

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00:29 [speaking Arabic]

00:33 [speaking Arabic]

00:37 [speaking Arabic]

00:41 [speaking Arabic]

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01:15 [children playing]

01:19 A potential full-fledged military incursion into Rafah,

01:29 where some 1.5 million Palestinians are packed against the Egyptian border

01:34 with nowhere further to flee, is terrifying.

01:37 An extremely high number of civilians, mostly women and children,

01:41 will likely be killed or injured.

01:43 We have warned against actions violating the laws of war.

01:47 The prospect of such an operation into Rafah risks further atrocity crimes.

01:52 The world must not allow this to happen.

01:55 Those with influence must restrain rather than enable.

01:59 There must be an immediate ceasefire.

02:02 All remaining hostages must be released,

02:05 and there must be renewed collective resolve to reach a political solution.

02:09 Strikes in Rafah have heightened the concerns of an escalation

02:12 in Gaza's southernmost city,

02:14 where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have sought refuge.

02:17 Of the 1.7 million people displaced in Gaza,

02:21 the majority are situated in Rafah Governorate,

02:24 where humanitarian operations are now based.

02:27 The growing insecurity in Rafah has greatly impacted our ability

02:32 to respond to the humanitarian needs of the population there.

02:37 Ground operations, ground military operations,

02:40 and heavy fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups

02:43 continue to be reported, obviously in Rafah, but also in Khan Younis.

02:49 In Khan Younis itself, intense fighting,

02:51 especially near the Nasser and al-Amal hospitals,

02:55 continues to jeopardize the safety, not only of medical staff,

02:59 but also, of course, of the patients, the wounded and the sick

03:02 those doctors and nurses are trying to take care of.

03:05 [Silence]

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