Israel Says “Moving Ahead” With Rafah Ops, Egypt Warns Of “Catastrophic Consequences”

1. A spokesperson for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s authorities stated that Israel was “moving ahead” with a floor operation in Rafah. The defence official, nevertheless, gave no timeline.

2. The official stated Israel’s Defence Ministry had purchased 40,000 tents, every with the capability for 10 to 12 folks, to deal with Palestinians relocated from Rafah upfront of an assault.

3. Netanyahu has repeatedly stated that Israel will press forward with the assault on Rafah, the final main inhabitants centre in Gaza that Israeli floor troops have but to enter.

4. Israel, which launched its struggle in opposition to Hamas after its October 7 assaults on Israeli cities, says Rafah is residence to 4 Hamas fight battalions bolstered by hundreds of retreating fighters.

5. Israel, nevertheless, drew a warning from Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi, who stated that any navy operations in Rafah would have “catastrophic consequences” on the humanitarian scenario within the sector and on regional peace and safety.

6. Rafah abuts the Egyptian border and is sheltering greater than 1,000,000 Palestinians who fled after the Israel-Hamas broke out greater than six months in the past.

7. Israel’s closest ally, the US, has referred to as on it to put aside plans for an assault on Rafah and says that it may possibly fight Hamas fighters there by different means.

8. Israel has withdrawn most of its floor troops from southern Gaza however has saved up air strikes and performed raids into areas its troops deserted.

9. Efforts by the US, Egypt and Qatar to dealer an prolonged ceasefire in time to move off an assault on Rafah have to date failed.

10. Gaza officers say that greater than 34,000 folks have been killed in Israel’s navy marketing campaign, with hundreds extra our bodies feared buried below rubble.

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