The Israeli occupation forces continue to close the Rafah border crossing and the Karam Abu Salem commercial crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, amid warnings of an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe.

On the seventh of this month, the Israeli occupation forces occupied the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing and stopped the flow of aid to the Strip, while for ten days they have continued to close the Kerem Shalom commercial crossing southeast of the city of Rafah, and prevented the entry of humanitarian and medical aid.

The continued closure of the Rafah crossing, which is the main land crossing through which aid enters and the wounded and sick leave to receive treatment outside the Gaza Strip, threatens to exacerbate the humanitarian catastrophe, especially since the food stock in Gaza is nearing completion, according to UN organizations.

The closure of the two crossings coincided with the Israeli occupation forces expanding their ground and air attacks in all governorates of the Gaza Strip after demanding the displacement of people from large areas in Jabalia, north of the Strip, and east and south of the city of Rafah, and their incursion into the south of Gaza City and east of Khan Yunis.

Medical sources warned of the collapse of the health system in the Gaza Strip, in light of the continued closure of the Arabs to the entry of aid and fuel supplies necessary to operate electricity generators in hospitals and ambulances.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Israel to reopen the Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossings “immediately” to allow humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip.

Guterres said in statements to reporters last Tuesday, “Closing the Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossings at the same time is particularly harmful to the already desperate humanitarian situation. They must be reopened immediately,” warning that a “massive attack” on Rafah, which is crowded with citizens, would be a “terrorism attack.” "Humanitarian catastrophe."