Israeli media reported on the 25th that Prime Minister Netanyahu approved the plan to carry out a ground operation against Gaza Rafa at a cabinet meeting held on the same day, but the cabinet has not yet made a relevant decision, and the Israeli army is still waiting for official orders. More than 1.5 million Palestinian civilians have taken refuge in Rafah. The international community is concerned that if the Israeli army launches a ground operation against Rafah, it will cause more civilian casualties.
Despite the strong opposition of the international community, Israel continues to prepare to strike a final blow against the remaining Hamas militants in Rafah.
At an Israeli military base in southern Israel, bordering Gaza, a number of tanks are stepping up drills in preparation for ground operations in Rafah.
According to an Israeli government official, the ground battle is expected to be divided into four phases and last between four and six weeks. Israel has informed the United States of its plans to launch a military operation against Rafah and has told the United States that the operation will begin with a warning to civilians in the Gaza Strip and allow them to evacuate to tent camps under construction in southern Gaza.
Satellite images released by Israel on the 23rd show that between the cities of Rafah and Khan Younis, multiple tent camps are being built.
The Israeli army said a few days ago that two brigades that had previously served on the Lebanese border had completed training and were being sent to the Gaza Strip to prepare for ground operations. The Nahar Brigade will end six months of fighting in Gaza, recuperate and prepare for operations in Rafah.
Israeli media reported on the 25th that the Israeli government held a cabinet meeting on the same day, at which Prime Minister Netanyahu approved the plan to carry out a ground operation in Gaza Rafah, and Israel is expected to begin evacuating civilians from Rafah "soon" to prepare for the launch of a ground operation.
The report adds that Netanyahu has not yet given an order to implement the plan. The Cabinet has not yet made a decision on this, and the Israeli army is still waiting for an official order.
The Chief of the General Staff of the IDF, Al-Harlevy, said that the operational plan in Rafah had been submitted to the "political level" and that the military would act after receiving orders.
All indications show that the Israeli army's ground operation against Rafah is ready to fly.
On the other hand, although the Israeli ground operation has not yet begun, air strikes against Rafah are almost constant.
The Israeli army launched air strikes on many houses in Rafah on the night of the 24th, killing at least 18 people, most of them children, including a journalist.
More than 34,300 Palestinians have died in the new Israeli-Kazakh conflict for more than half a year. The Palestinian presidential palace warned that if the Israeli army attacks Rafah on a large scale, it may trigger a long-term conflict, and demands that the United States take responsibility.
Rafah is currently crowding out more than 1 million Palestinian refugees who have fled Israeli forces. Humanitarian supplies are simply a drop in the bucket and cannot meet the needs of refugees.
The hotter weather of 32 degrees Celsius in previous years has exacerbated the problem of water shortages. Adults and children have to look for water under the scorching sun at dawn.
Rafah Palestine refugees:
You can see how much we suffer because of the water, we come and go every day in search of it, we've been standing in the sun for two hours and the sun has sunburned us. We are suffering for access to water, food and drinking water, we want a solution, we want a solution, we want a solution, to go back to our own homes to relax and feel at peace.
As Israel imposed restrictions on its land borders, several countries, including the United States and Jordan, had to continue to send planes to Gaza for emergency response. Humanitarian organizations estimate that 70 per cent of the population in northern Gaza alone is in starve.
Satellite imagery shows that a new pier is being built along the coastline southwest of Gaza City, believed to be used to enhance the delivery of humanitarian goods by sea.
A little more news:
Foreign media revealed that the United States agreed to give up retaliation against Iran in exchange for a military attack on Rafah
Israeli and Qatari media reported on April 18 that Egyptian officials revealed that the U.S. government had said it had accepted the Netanyahu government's previous plan for a military operation in Rafah in exchange for not launching a large-scale attack on Iran. Egypt also prepared for the Israeli army to attack Rafah.
The United States has repeatedly and unequivocally opposed the Israeli army's attack on Rafah, saying that it would cause a large number of civilian casualties. Rafah, located in southern Gaza, is believed to contain four battalions of Hamas, possibly Israeli hostages, and is also believed to be a hideout for Hamas leaders. According to US media reports, US President Joe Biden privately said that he is concerned that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to drag the United States into a wider conflict. Earlier, Biden told Netanyahu that the Iranian attack was almost unsuccessful and that the United States neither supported nor participated in any attack against Iran.
Source: Phoenix Satellite TV Information Channel
Editor: Mu Mu