"The Government of Brazil condemns the launching of the Israeli armed forces' operation in Rafah city in the Gaza Strip. With this military action, by deliberately escalating the conflict in the Gaza area, which is now known to have a high concentration of civilians, the Israeli government is once again demonstrating its disregard for the basic principles of human rights and humanitarian law, despite the appeals of the international community, including its closest allies," the Brazilian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday.
"Venezuela categorically condemns the bombing of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, by the Zionist State of Israel, which continues its systematic criminal and expansionist policy in that area, where more than 1.4 million forcibly displaced Palestinians live," the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry said in a statement.