IDF To Commence Rafah Assault

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that, four months into the conflict in Gaza, the IDF has been tasked with creating a strategy to evacuate the people of Rafah and destroy four Hamas battalions that it claims are stationed there.

There isn't a single other comparatively unharmed region left in the small Gaza, and relief organizations have issued warnings that a significant number of residents could perish—unlike in other Israeli attacks on cities throughout the conflict, when the military ordered civilians to evacuate south.

the fighting in Gaza started on October 7 when Hamas militants broke through border defenses to attack Israeli towns. Approximately 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed, and 250 captives were taken back to Gaza.

Medical authorities in Gaza, which is controlled by Hamas, estimate that over 28,000 Palestinians, largely civilians, have died as a result of Israel's heavy shelling and ground invasion in retaliation.

Israel will attempt to arrange for the relocation of Rafah residents back north, According to an Israeli official who decided not to be named, Israel will attempt to arrange for the relocation of Rafah residents back north before any attack.

Source: Reuters