Any move by Israel to extend its full-scale invasion of Gaza into the massively overcrowded southern city of Rafah could lead to war crimes which must be prevented at all costs, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said on Tuesday.

"We, as the UN and Member States of the UN, can bear witness," OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke told journalists in Geneva. "We can make clear what the law says: under international humanitarian law, indiscriminate bombing of densely populated areas may amount to war crimes."

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