China calls Israeli occupation to stop its military operations in Gaza

BEIJING, Feb. 13 (YPA) – China’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday called on Israel to stop its military operations as soon as possible, and to prevent a more severe humanitarian catastrophe in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

According to the Chinese Xinhua News Agency, the Ministry’s spokesman Wang Wenbin said in a statement that “his country opposes and condemns actions committed by the Israeli forces against civilians that in a violation of international law.

On Sunday, the Israeli occupation army approved “the operational plan to sweep the Palestinian city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

The occupation’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that he had directed troops to prepare to expand its ground operation to Rafah, which over half of the Gaza Strip’s population of 2.3 million are now crammed into.

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