States and international aid agencies have warned against Israel’s planned assault on Gaza’s southern city of Rafah over concerns about where civilians would evacuate to as the area in Gaza unoccupied by Israel dwindles. Martin Griffiths, the UN’s Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, said of the Rafah operation that “there’s nowhere left to go in Gaza” and renewed his calls for the protection of civilians. Alongside Griffiths, the foreign ministers of both Australia and Canada have also warned against such an operation over concerns of the lack of …