About this write The Guardian.
A representative of the British Foreign Office refrained from answering questions regarding what Britain’s actions would be in the event of a continued full-scale Israeli invasion of Rafah.
As The Guardian notes, Britain’s position is the need to ensure a permanent and lasting ceasefire and remove Hamas from the future administration of Gaza.
Mitchell said the Rafah invasion might strengthen, not weaken, Hamas.
He suggests that the crisis will force centrists in the Israeli government, such as Benny Gantz, to back away from supporting Netanyahu. For now, Gantz has called for continued ceasefire talks, but added that the proposal put forward by Hamas “does not correspond to the dialogue that has taken place so far with the mediators, and also has significant gaps.”
- On the morning of May 7, Israeli troops entered Rafah for the first time since the beginning of the war and took control of the checkpoint on the border with Egypt in order to put pressure on Hamas regarding the ceasefire agreement.
- Subsequently, the Israel Defense Forces captured the main border crossing point between Egypt and the southern part of Gaza. It is reported that the supply of humanitarian aid to Gaza has been completely stopped.
