UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned of a humanitarian catastrophe and consequences for the entire region if the Israeli military goes ahead with its offensive in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip. “Half of Gaza’s population is now crammed into Rafah with nowhere to go. Reports that the Israeli military intends to focus next on Rafah are alarming,” Guterres wrote on Thursday on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter. “Such an action would exponentially increase what is already a humanitarian nightmare with untold regional consequences,” he said. The Israeli government recentl…