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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 3 February, Israeli attacks targeted eastern and central Rafah, reportedly killing at least twenty-eight people. [28] At 4 February, The Palestinian Health Ministry reported that 92 people had been killed by Israeli attacks on Rafah. [29] At least two girls were killed on an attack at a kindergarten. [30]
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.
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.
Israel’s plan to attack the Gazan city has raised fears over the potential harm to more than a million Palestinian civilians sheltering there. Israeli offensive in Rafah 'must not go ahead', Sir ...
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]
Israel’s incursion into Rafah earlier in May marked a new phase in its war against Hamas in Gaza, which has killed more than 36,000 Palestinians, according to health officials in the enclave ...