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Weekend: Fears of humanitarian catastrophe if Israel attacks Rafah

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Fears of humanitarian catastrophe if Israel attacks Rafah

11/02/2024 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Fears of humanitarian catastrophe if Israel attacks Rafah

Aid agencies have warned of disaster if Israeli offensive goes ahead

Aid agencies have warned of disaster if Israeli offensive goes ahead.

Israel is facing growing international warnings over its planned offensive in Rafah in southern Gaza, where over a million civilians have sought refuge. 

Also on the programme: After Vladimir Putin’s first interview with a Western media outlet since the invasion of Ukraine, we ask a Russian journalist what she makes of it; and  on International Women in Science Day we hear from world-leading computer scientist Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon. 

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss all this and more are Gwen Hines,  Chief Executive Officer of the charity Save the Children UK and Rami Khouri, a journalist, author and Distinguished Fellow at the American University of Beirut. 

(Picture: Palestinian children wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen in Rafah, February 5, 2024. Credit: REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)

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