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  2. Rafah offensive - Wikipedia

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    Israel initially planned to launch a two division sweep across the city, but U.S. President Joe Biden considered a major attack into Rafah a "red line" that could not be crossed. This forced Israel to reduce the operation to capturing the border to seal off arms smuggling into Gaza, and rely on targeted raids into Rafah.

  3. Why Israel is so determined to launch an offensive in Rafah

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    WHY RAFAH IS SO CRITICAL. Since Israel declared war in response to Hamas' deadly cross-border attack on Oct. 7, Netanyahu has said a central goal is to destroy the Islamic group's military ...

  4. Background of the Rafah offensive - Wikipedia

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    Before the Rafah offensive, Israel conducted airstrikes and threatened to invade the city as part of its invasion of the Gaza Strip during the Israel–Hamas war which began with the Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023. Intentions to invade were declared in February, meeting backlash from the international community because of the ...

  5. June 2024 Al-Mawasi refugee camp attack - Wikipedia

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    Many refugees fled to Rafah, with over 1.4 million civilians sheltering in the city and outlying tent camps. [4] Israel invaded Rafah on 6 May despite orders from the ICJ to cease the offensive, and a further 950,000 civilians fled to western Rafah, including the al-Mawasi refugee camp. [5]

  6. Israel-Gaza - live: Biden warns Netanyahu against Rafah ...

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    Israel had previously paused its plan to attack Rafah, which it says is the last significant Hamas stronghold, to allow for negotiations over the release of Israeli hostages by the militant group.

  7. Israeli attack on Rafah tent camp kills 45, prompts ... - AOL

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    By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams. CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -An Israeli airstrike triggered a fire that killed 45 people in a tent camp in the Gazan city of Rafah, officials said on Monday ...

  8. Tel al-Sultan attack - Wikipedia

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    Sometimes referred to as the Rafah tent massacre or as the Tent Massacre, (Arabic: مجزرة الخيم, romanized: Majzarat al-khiyam) it was the deadliest incident of the Rafah offensive. When Israel invaded Rafah and ordered the evacuation of its east, some citizens fled to other parts of the city, like Tel al-Sultan, seeking safety.

  9. Israel said its strikes on Gaza’s biggest refugee camp killed two Hamas military leaders in Jabalia as hundreds of foreign nationals and injured Palestinians left Gaza through the Rafah crossing.