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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.
On 21 February, Israel bombed a residential building and wounded one person, leading journalist Tareq Abu Azzoum to state, "Right now Rafah has been a centre for Israeli attacks". [108] An Israeli airstrike on the home of an attorney for the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights killed the woman, as well as seven family members, including her two ...
Haaretz and Channel 12 said Israel's plans for the Rafah invasion were not yet finalized. [282] Two Palestinians were killed after an Israeli strike on a police car in Rafah. [283] An unnamed Israeli official said Palestinians in Rafah would be evacuated back northward. [284] At least 28 people were killed in Rafah by overnight Israeli attacks ...
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 ...
An Israeli offensive in Rafah would be “catastrophic”, Labour’s shadow foreign secretary has warned, after the Israeli military told Palestinians to leave parts of the southern Gazan city.
The Israeli military is in central Rafah, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed in a statement Friday, despite international concern and anger over its military operation in Gaza’s ...
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.
On 12 February 2024, Israel Defense Forces launched an assault on Rafah, a city in the Gaza Strip, killing over 83 people. [1] [2] The airstrikes destroyed at least one mosque and multiple inhabited homes, killing most or all of their occupants.