In what it called a “limited function,” Israel’s military announced on Tuesday that it had sent tanks into Rafah and taken control of the Gaza Strip’s borders cross with Egypt. International officers immediately condemned the action, which stopped the flow of help into the area.
The military claimed that the invasion was intended to destroy Hamas fighters and system in Rafah, which were used in an Israeli soldier’s weekend attack near the Kerem Shalom border crossing that resulted in the deaths of four Israeli soldiers. The long-awaited full-scale war of Rafah, which Israel’s allies have been lobbying for a ceasefire agreement, did not appear to be the case.
After a dizzying evening that Israel had ordered people to leave parts of the city, Hamas ‘ promises that it had accepted the conditions of a peace, and then an Israeli military announcement that it was conducting “targeted attacks” in eastern Rafah.
A peace with Hamas, supported by the US and Arab countries, is under the pressure of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who do allow the transfer of captives also held in Gaza. According to analysts, Israel’s actions in Rafah could possibly damage the talks or put more pressure on Hamas to reach a offer.
The Israeli prime minister, however, sounded contradictory on Tuesday, claiming that Hamas ‘ positive response to the previous day’s ceasefire proposal “was meant to torpedo” troops ‘ entry into Rafah. ” That did n’t happen”, he said, adding that he had sent a “working- amount” committee back to Cairo to maintain the speaks while “in parallel, we continue waging the war on Hamas”.
Since the start of the invasion, the hospital’s head has reported that no help has been transiting through the Rafah passing, and that 150 injured people and 27 systems have been brought there since then. According to UN leaders, Israeli soldiers have now” choked off” both the primary pathways for Gaza’s help entering, Rafah and Kerem Shalom, and have warned that the humanitarian crisis in the region will increase.
Israel’s government declined to say how much it planned to stay in Rafah, calling Tuesday’s invasion” a pretty specific” terrorism activity. Yoav Gallant, the head of Israel’s defense ministry, declared that the procedure may continue until the city’s previous Hamas brigade was destroyed or until the first hostage was returned to Israel. Troops found three hole beams in the area near the cross, and about 20 militants were killed during the procedure, the government said in a speech, without offering information. Israel has long seen the main course for smuggling hands into the coastal area from Gaza to Egypt’s borders.
