2024-02-02 15:39:55
Foreign offensive in the south
Federal government urges Israel to show restraint in attack on Rafah
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“Hope we will find a solution soon and Hamas will release the hostages.”
For days there have been reports regarding a possible agreement between Israel and Hamas to free hostages. For Netanyahu, such a deal can only exist if it does not endanger Israel’s security. Arye Shalicar, spokesman for the Israeli army, speaks regarding this on WELT TV.
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According to a media report, Israel wants to expand its fight once morest the Islamist Hamas into the southernmost part of the Gaza Strip. More than 1.3 million people are said to be in Rafah – they are seeking protection there from the fighting. The federal government is sending a warning to Israel.
In view of Israeli plans to attack Rafah in the Gaza Strip, the federal government has urged restraint. “There are also rules when it comes to the right to self-defense. International military law also applies in the fight once morest terrorists,” said a spokesman for the Foreign Office in Berlin on Friday. Israel must comply with this even if the radical Islamic Hamas does not adhere to it. “We have therefore already asked Israel very clearly several times to adapt its operations, to better protect civilians, to better protect UN facilities and hospitals in particular, and to allow significantly more humanitarian aid.”
The federal government continues to advocate for a “humanitarian pause in fighting”. “If the fighting in Rafah actually intensifies, the obligation to effectively protect civilians applies even more,” emphasized the spokesman. Israel itself has called on the Palestinians to leave the north of the Gaza Strip. Many fled to the south. “People can’t just disappear into thin air now.”
It had previously become known through a media report that the Israeli army wanted to expand its fighting once morest the Islamist Hamas into the southernmost part of the Gaza Strip. The military will also reach and disband the Hamas brigade in Rafah, as is currently being done with the Hamas battalions in the area of the southern city of Khan Yunis, the Times of Israel newspaper quoted Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant as saying on Thursday evening. More than 1.3 million people are now said to be living in Rafah and the surrounding area – more than half of the approximately 2.2 million inhabitants of the Gaza Strip.
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They are looking for protection there from the fighting. Almost four months following Hamas’ terrorist attack on southern Israel on October 7, which left 1,200 dead, Israeli ground troops have moved deep into the Gaza Strip to dismantle the terrorist organization. The southern end of the sealed-off coastal area, which borders Egypt with the divided city of Rafah and the border crossing of the same name, is so far out of reach of ground troops.
The Hamas brigade in Khan Yunis is collapsing, Galant said on Wednesday during a visit to the troops in the city, the newspaper reported. Khan Yunis is considered a Hamas stronghold. Galant was quoted as saying that they would complete the operation there and also reach Rafah in order to “eliminate any terrorists who are trying to harm us.” The Wall Street Journal reported three weeks ago, citing unnamed Israeli and Egyptian sources, that Israeli officials had informed Egypt of a planned military operation along the Gaza side of the border.
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The Rafah border crossing is controlled by Egyptian and Palestinian officials, with the latter being under the control of Hamas. This is a thorn in the side of the Israeli leadership. She suspects that tunnels running under the Egypt-Gaza border are still used to smuggle goods and weapons for Hamas. During a recent visit by Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock to Egypt, the UN emergency relief office OCHA urgently warned once morest an expansion of the fighting there. People have nowhere else to go and need to be protected.
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