GAZA: Israel's relentless bombardment of Rafah City with airstrikes has created dire circumstances for those who have relocated there. According to Al Jazeera's correspondent in Rafah: "At 2am (00:00 GMT), about 30 air strikes destroyed the two main roads connecting Rafah City to Khan Younis and the rest of the Gaza Strip. This is making movement very difficult for people trying to arrive here from Khan Younis."

He also revealed that there is growing concern that Israel’s military operation is expanding to Rafah City. "People fear this will feed into their permanent displacement, as there will be nowhere to go to except the border with Egypt," he said.

Speaking at the Doha Forum, Qatar’s PM Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, according to Al Jazeera, said the situation in Gaza was making people around the world ask “some legitimate questions about the nature of the international systems and the efficiency of the legal instruments and its principles”.

“These questions become more important and more pressing as we continue to see the horrifying scenes that we might sometimes have to look away from,” he said.

He added that it was important to stand up to those “who want to reformulate the conflict in the form of a religious war”.

“This conflict was and still is an issue of the occupation and its demands. Over the decades, the option of peace was on the table, but it was the victim of procrastination and formation.”