Forward despite warnings from aid groups and western allies to israel not to carry out a full scale attack. Last month, us President Biden told israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that a major Ground Operation would be a mistake. He added that It Puts Thousands and thousands of innocent civilian lives at risk in rafah. Before telling him there is a better way. Israeli allies and aid groups warn that the invasion would only add to the growing Humanitarina Crisis in rafah, where more than a million displaced people are taking shelter. And as part of its invasion, israel is planning to evacuate civilians out of rafah. Satellite imagery shows tents popping up around khan younis, north of rafah. An israeli official told reuters that the country has purchased 40,000 tents, each with the capacity for 10 to 12 people, meant to House Palestinians evacuated from rafah. The bbc s wyre davies has more on israels plans. We got a very clear indication from an Israeli Government spokesperson to
Battalions remaining in rafah. However, aid groups and western allies have warned israel not to carry out a full scale attack. In rafah, more than a million displaced people are taking shelter. As part of its invasion, israel is planning to evacuate civilians out of rafah. Satellite imagery shows tents popping up around khan younis, north of rafa h. An israeli official told reuters that the country has purchased 40,000 tents, each with the capacity for 10 to 12 people, meant to House Palestinians evacuated from rafah. The bbc s wyre davies has more on israels plans. This we got a very clear indication from an Israeli Government spokesperson to day that israel is moving ahead and planning for what is expected to be a pretty full scale Military Incursion into rafah, which is the city in Southern Gaza with israel says the remnants or significant remnants or significant remnants of hamas fighters and leadership are still based. Israel says it has destroyed i9 israel says it has destroyed 1
Lets return to the issue of small boats crossing the channel from france to england and yesterday was another grim milestone as five people died trying to get across hours after the British Parliament passed legislation designed to deter such journeys. French Officials Say 112 people were on board the overcrowded vessel. A new law in britain aims to send people arriving on small boats to rwanda to have their asylum claims processed. The deaths in the channel are not an isolated incident. Yesterday alone, there were reports of migrants dying in other parts of the world trying to reach another country by boat. We heard from the uns Migration Agency that at least 21 people died off the coast of djibouti. 23 are still missing on the so called Eastern Migration Route between the middle east and africa. On the same day, the Tunisian Coastguard said they retrieved the bodies of 19 migrants who had been trying to reach italy. The un has called crossing the mediterranean the deadliest route for