Rafa: A new attack by Israel is imminent

the Israeli army Residents of central Rafah demanded the evacuation of the city, which represented a major expansion of his military operations in the city and a threat Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced.

It was occupied by the Israeli Defense Forces Rafah border crossing With Egypt last week in what he described as a “expensive and targeted operation” after they ordered the evacuation of the eastern regions. More than 150,000 people have so far fled southern Gaza City.

The new instructions for residents indicate that a An attack is coming He will lead the IDF to Middle Rafa Then in one Possible progress throughout the city.

Netanyahu ignores American pressure

Saturday morning, Israeli tanks Witnesses told The Guardian newspaper that the occupation forces were stationed on Salah al-Din Road, which separates the center of Rafah from the eastern neighborhoods that had already been evacuated.

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, Rejecting American pressure to cancel the attack on Rafah, saying that Hamas had deployed most of its senior officials and remaining forces there.

And the booklets that were accompanied Messages on social mediaThey said: “We are also contacting some other neighborhoods east of Rafah, which have witnessed Hamas terrorist activities in recent days and weeks, along with other terrorist groups, specifically in the Rafah and Al-Saboura camps and in the neighborhoods of the city of Rafah.” Adari, Al-Jeneina, and Khirbet Al-Adas in the complexes: 6-9, 17, 25-27, 31- to head towards the expanded humanitarian area in Al-Mawasi.

Many of those who left Rafa have already moved to “Extended humanitarian zone“, imposed by the Israeli army in Al-Mawasi on the coast, where aid workers said conditions were “horrendous.” Others fled to the north.

To the west of the city of Rafah, where About a million people Seeking refuge after being displaced from other parts of Gaza during the seven-month war, many were already planning to leave.

One million displaced Palestinians in Rafah

Despite strong American pressure, concerns from residents, and humanitarian relief organizations, Israel announced that it would move forward Military invasion of Rafahwhere more than One million displaced people have sought asylumSince the beginning of the war seven months ago.

The IDF announced that to date, nearly 300,000 Gazans have moved to the Al-Mawasi area.

Israel announced this He won’t win If it is not uprooted Thousands of fighters From her movement Islamic HamasWhich is believed to have evolved in Rava.

US reaction

Yesterday, Israeli tanks occupied the main road separating the eastern and western neighborhoods of the city, effectively encircling the eastern side, in The attack prompted Washington to suspend US military aid. Israel is the central ally of United States of America In the Middle East region.

The White House announced that it is monitoring “with concern” Israeli military operations, which appear to be centered around the damaged Rafah border crossing and They do not appear to reflect a large-scale invasion of the city by Israeli military forces.

The war was sparked by a Hamas attack on southern Israel, which killed about 1,200 people and took more than 250 hostages, according to Israel.

About 35,000 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli military operation in Gaza, which aims to neutralize Hamas, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.

the The bombing destroyed the coastal strip in GazaWhich caused a profound humanitarian catastrophe.

The administration of President Joe Biden announced that Israel’s use of American-origin weapons, It may have violated international humanitarian law During the military operation in Gaza, in the context of the harshest criticism exerted by the United States to date against Israel.