Israel is ready to send troops to Rafah, which it considers the last stronghold of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas.
The business in Rafawhich has been delayed for several weeks amid disagreements with Washington, will take place “very soon,” the widely circulated Israeli newspaper Hayom reported, citing the Israeli government’s decision following deadlocked ceasefire talks with Hamas.
Similar reports appear in other Israeli media. Some point to videos on social media that appear to show a city of tents being built for those who will be removed from Rafa.
His prime minister’s office Israel Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli military spokesman’s office have not yet commented on the matter.
The population of Rafah, which is located near the border with Egypt, was joined by more than a million Palestinians who fled from other parts of Gaza Strip during the war that has been going on in the Palestinian enclave for more than six months.
Their fate is causing concern among Western powers and Cairo, which has ruled out any influx of refugees into Egypt’s Sinai. Israel, which is under pressure due to the humanitarian impact of the war, has pledged to take measures to ensure the safety of Rafah’s civilians.
The Netanyahu government says there are four intact Hamas battalions in Rafah, which it says have been reinforced by thousands of fighters from the Islamist movement withdrawn from elsewhere.
According to the protothema, a victory in the Gaza war, unleashed following Hamas’s unprecedented October 7 offensive in southern Israel, is not possible without the Rafah operation to crush Hamas and recover any hostages it may be holding. there, according to the Israeli government.
Hamas does not comment on the deployment of its fighters.
In a speech yesterday, Tuesday, to mark 200 days since the war in Gaza began, the spokesman for the armed wing of Hamas, Abu Obeida, said that Israel had only succeeded in causing its “humiliation and defeat” with a campaign which according to health officials in Gaza has claimed the lives of over 34,000 Palestinians.
Hamas killed 1,200 people and kidnapped 253 in its October 7 attack on Israel, according to Israeli accounts. Ground military operations across most of the Gaza Strip have killed 262 Israeli soldiers, according to the Israeli military.
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