Iraq calls for int'l intervention to thwart Israeli military plan in Rafah
BAGHDAD, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi Foreign Ministry on Saturday urged the international community to thwart an Israeli plan to launch a military operation in the southernmost Gazan city of Rafah.
The ministry said in a statement that it was following with great concern the reports about an Israeli plan to carry out a ground operation that would lead to "a new humanitarian catastrophe and massacre" in Rafah.<