EU foreign policy chief 'extraordinarily concerned' about Israel's Rafah offensive

The EU’s chief diplomat, Josep Borrell, has said he is "extraordinarily concerned" about threats made by Israeli Prime Ministers Benjamin Netanyahu’s to launch attacks on Rafah with no evacuation plan and no prospect of refugee camps in Egypt.

"I am happy to know that two hostages have been liberated but also very much worried by the situation in the border with Egypt where new military operations seem to be taking place by the Israeli defence forces," said Borrell.

Netanyahu has called for the evacuation of more than 1 million people currently in Rafah without saying where these people could be evacuated.