Israel 🇮🇱/China 🇨🇳: China has appealed to Israel to halt its military operation in Rafah in southern Gaza "as soon as possible" on Tuesday (13).

"China urges Israel to end its military operation as quickly as possible, do everything possible to avoid innocent civilian casualties, in order to prevent an even more serious humanitarian catastrophe in the Rafah region," said a statement from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.