Israel's Rafah attack plan sparks fears

UN calls for probe into mass grave reports amid obstacles to delivery of aid in Gaza

GAZA STRIP — The new round of Israel-Palestine conflict raged on its 201st day on Wednesday as aid groups warned that Israeli plans to invade the southern city of Rafah, where most Gazans have taken refuge, would create an "apocalyptic situation".

Fears have been rising that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will soon follow through on repeated threats to send troops into Rafah, where 1.4 million people have sought shelter, many in makeshift encampments.

More than a million Gazan residents have lost their homes and 75 percent of the population in the Palestinian coastal enclave have been displaced since the conflict broke out in October, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, or UNRWA, said on Tuesday.