 Despite the heavy death toll and destruction of crucial infrastructure and warnings by international aid organizations, Israel has continued with its assault on Rafa, what will be the impact. The results of Pakistan's elections are out, although some of it has been challenged. But meanwhile, who's likely to form the government? This is the Daily Debrief. These are your stories for the day and before we go any further, if you're watching this on YouTube, please hit the subscribe button. Over half the population of Gaza took refuge in Rafa in the southern part of the enclave over the past few months due to Israel's genocidal assault. Now Israel is attacking Rafa despite warnings that it will have a catastrophic impact on the over one million people taking shelter there. Scores have already been killed and the death toll is likely to increase as Israel enjoys complete impunity. For more details on what is happening, we go to Abdul. Abdul, thanks so much for joining us, developing story and developing, in fact, continuing catastrophe which seems to be worsening. But maybe could you first take us through what is happening as per the latest reports in Rafa? Well, as per the latest report in Rafa, Israeli forces kind of bombarded the enclave in last almost throughout the night, you can say. And as per the reports, more than 67 people have been reportedly being killed. There, of course, the number of people killed will increase because the debris are there and the compilation of the actual casualties on the ground will take some time to come. Everyone knows that Rafa is a place where most of the Palestinians who have been forced to displace from the rest of the Gaza where are residing. And therefore, the density of the region has increased many fold. It means around 1.2, 1.4 million of Palestinians are living there and therefore any bombardment would mean that a large number of people would be killed. There is also a plan apparently of ground offensive which Israel has claimed that it will carry out in the region. That would mean devastation for the Palestinians living there. Already in Sunday night and Monday morning attacks, the basic places like hospitals, mosques, the tents were targeted and these casualties coming from these areas. And there are also serious concerns raised by the WHO, raised by other humanitarian agencies like doctors without borders which have claimed that these bombardments and proposed ground offensive in Rafa would mean that Palestinians, of course, they have nowhere else to go all this while because they can't move to Egypt, they can't move to the northern parts of Gaza. Therefore, they are basically confined in a small territory which is born from air and the ground offensive is also proposed. So overall, the situation is quite precarious at the ground at this moment in Rafa and further offensive will lead to further deterioration of the humanitarian condition in the territory. Human rights agencies, agencies have been warning for a long time against this kind of an assault. They have been saying that the situation is dire. So could you maybe take us through what will be the kind of humanitarian impact of this kind of an offensive? Well, as I said before, because this is a highly densely populated region at this moment and there is hardly any empty space in that 21 square kilometer territory, it would mean that any bombing would mean large number of casualties. So the so-called concerns expressed by countries like US and other Western countries that Israel should carry out attack but should with attempts to kind of reduce the civilian casualties. Of course, that is not going to happen because of the nature of the territory and because of the density of the population there. This will also mean that the hospitals which were there taking care of the large number of Palestinians who were displaced and wounded, suffering because of the lack of food, suffering because of the lack of sanitation, suffering because of the overcrowding of the camps and no potable water to drink and so on and so forth will have further complications because if there is a ground offensive and there is a bombing, of course, whatever minimum services are available, including the medical care will all be dysfunctional, at least kind of those hospitals which are located near the densely populated areas and which are already, by the way, all the hospitals are overcrowded, but if those hospitals which are immediately located into the densely populated refugee colonies or the shelters, they will be hugely affected. Given the experience which the hospitals and other humanitarian services had in the northern Gaza or in other parts of Gaza during Israel's ground offensive, it seems Israel will not shy away from targeting these facilities and that would mean further complete destruction of whatever remaining health facilities and services are there. Of course, this is a region which is close to the Egyptian border through which most of the humanitarian aid was crossing into Gaza. Bombing and ground offensive would mean that even that movement of that aid will also be severely affected if the ground offensive proceeds the way it is. Already, bombings have affected that. So overall, it would be a very dangerous situation for Palestinians. They are already in danger, but this will multiply that danger many times and it seems that Israel does not care because all the concerns raised by different agencies, different countries even has not stopped Israel from carrying out their strikes on Sunday night and Monday morning. Thank you for that update, but do stay back. We'll come to you for the next story. The counting of ballots for Pakistan's elections has been completed, though some legal challenges remain before the final results. Meanwhile, independence backed by the PTI, that is a party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, have emerged as a single largest group. However, they may struggle to form the government. Meanwhile, negotiations continue between the two establishment parties. That's the Pakistan People's Party and the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz, led by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. We go back to Abdul for a sense of the latest developments. Abdul, we last talked about Pakistan the day after the elections, when results were beginning to trickle in. Even at that time, the trend was kind of evident and it has actually been solidified. So maybe take us through what are the final results first? Well Prashant, the problem is this is yet not the final result. Out of 265 contested seats, some of them are still pending because the candidates have gone to court and courts have ordered stay on the declaration of final results. So whatever results are there, according to that, PTI-led independence, PTI-backed independence still have the largest share of the seats. They have around 101 seats. PMLN Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz Sharif basically has those considered to be the favorite, both by the establishment and as for the allegations made, a push made by other agencies has only able to secure around 75 seats. PPP, Pakistan People's Party led by Bilawal Bhutto, has basically got around 54-55 seats. And the surprise was MGM, Mutahedakomi movement, which is a regional party in Sindh in Pakistan. It has got 17 seats, which is a huge number given the fact that in the last National Assembly, it was a smaller, a small player. So of course, other seats, there are other smaller parties which have got some seats. But this is the larger picture at this moment. As far as the provincial assembly is concerned, because apart from the National Assembly, there were elections also held for four provincial assemblies. And in that two, Khaybar Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab, PTI-led candidates, PTI-backed candidates have secured at least in KP full majority, but they are leading in Punjab as well, which is the largest province in Punjab. In Sindh, PPP has got majority and may form government. In Baluchistan, there is a hung assembly. So this is the situation at this moment. But the situation you described broadly says the PTI-backed independence were, of course, they're not really bound to any party per se, although they have commitments. But are the biggest force in many of these places? But what really happens regarding government formation? Because I guess that is the important question. Well, as per the Pakistan constitution, any party or a group which has a majority in the National Assembly, majority of seats will be forming the government, of course. But the majority, 134, in the popularly contested seats. And if you add the reserve, there are 70 reserve seats, which are allocated as per the proportion of seats a party has won in the National Assembly. If you club them together, 168, 169 is the majority mark. At this moment, no party or coalition seems to be reaching there. There are talks going on at this moment between PMLN and PPP, which had a coalition which ran for around one and a half years before the elections were held. And there is an attempt to recreate that same kind of coalition. Of course, Nawaz Arif is likely to be heading that coalition if that happens, backed by other smaller parties. But PTI has also claimed that they are ready to form government at this moment and they are exploring the possibility. The one option they have is to kind of merge all the PTI backed candidates with a smaller party, which has one or two seats in the parliament, and claim the reserve seats accordingly. And if they get the share of reserve seats, they will be very much closer to the majority mark, but yet not be there completely. So at this moment, there is only way possible is the coalition of some kind between either between PTI merging with a smaller party and then finding support from other smaller parties or PMLN and PPP coming together with support of other smaller parties forming a government. At this moment, it is not clear yet which party or group will be successful in forming a coalition government, but one thing is clear that there will be a coalition government. As far as the assemblies are concerned, of course, KPE, PTI will form a government and instance PPP, that is clear. But Punjab Assembly, which is the largest as I said before, again had the similar situation where PTI can merge with a smaller party and then claim the reserve seats and then it will be closer 186 seats, which is the majority to form a government. And that is, there is a higher chances of that rather than PLN forming a government, even in alliance with PPP because the number of seats PPP have got in Punjab is not enough for them to kind of have enough number of reserve seats. So it seems at this moment, of course, Balochistan will be completely unclear what will happen in Balochistan. So this is by and large the situation at this moment, there is tense negotiations going on between PPP and PML and to form a government. And given the political commentary which is coming from the ground, it seems that they are backed by the political forces in the country, including the powerful military to kind of come together and form a government. But I think we should wait and watch what happens when all the results are out and there is a clarity about the coalition which are being formed.