The United Nations and aid groups are raising urgent alarm for Israel to reopen Gaza’s border crossings and deescalate military operations in the southern city of Rafah to address a humanitarian catastrophe for more than one million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres issued desperate pleas for Israel to back off its attacks against Hamas in Rafah and move to open key gateways, Rafah and Kerem Shalom, for humanitarian aid deliveries.
“The closure of both the Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossings is especially damaging to an already…
