World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the agency had a contingency plan prepared in case Israel followed through on its planned incursion into Gaza’s Rafah but said it would not be sufficient to prevent a substantial rise in the death toll, Al Jazeera reports.

“I want to really say that this contingency plan is a band-aid,” said Rik Peeperkorn, WHO representative for the occupied Palestinian territory, at a Geneva press briefing via videolink.

“It will absolutely not prevent the expected substantial additional mortality and morbidity posed by a military operation.”