Submitted2024.05.07 20:08
Edit2024.05.07 20:08
Checkpoints on the relief supply route are closed… Additional operations are being prepared along with the investigation.
20 gunmen killed during operation to seize checkpoint… car bomb attack
Hamas: “Occupational forces take control of checkpoints, sentence Gaza residents to death”… Also noted was what happened after the cease-fire talks. By seizing the checkpoint, which is the only passage from Gaza to Egypt, they are stopping the escape of Hamas, who are believed to be hiding in Rafah. and at the same time, tensions are rising as the Rafah street fight seems to count. down.
If the Israeli military’s ground battle in Rafah begins in earnest while the international community, including the United States, dismisses it, attention is being paid to the impact it will have on the ceasefire talks.
The Israeli military announced on the morning of the 7th (local time) that the 401st Armored Brigade is operating and controlling the Gaza Strip side of the Rafah border checkpoint. The Israeli military explained that while capturing the checkpoint, they killed 20 gunmen and found three underground tunnels.
He also said that a vehicle containing explosives ran towards a tank and crashed into it, but was not injured.
The Israeli military said, “Soldiers are preparing for additional missions as they search the area near the checkpoint.” An Israeli military official, who requested anonymity, told the Times of Israel daily, “Yes Israeli military operations continue to be limited and are aimed at pressuring Hamas to agree to release talks.”
The Israeli army took over the Salah ad-Din road east of Rafah through fighting the night before and even took control of the checkpoint that day.
The American Daily New York Times (NYT) reported that “Israeli tanks entered Rafah and took control of the border checkpoint,” and CNN reported that the Israeli military captured the Palestinian section of the border checkpoint. Rafah The British Daily Financial Times (FT) reported that Israel had sent troops to Rafah.
A video released by the Israeli military showed a tank with an Israeli flag lowering its gun barrel and entering a checkpoint facility with a Palestinian flag on it. In addition, an Israeli flag was hung next to the entrance gate of the checkpoint.
As a result of Israeli troops entering, the Rafah checkpoint on the Gaza Strip, where relief trucks used to come and go, is closed.
There are separate checkpoints at the Gaza Strip-Egypt border managed by Hamas and Egypt, respectively.
Wael Abu Omer, a public relations officer at the Hamas checkpoint in Rafah, told Israel’s daily Haaretz about the situation, saying, “The entry of humanitarian relief goods from Egypt into the Gaza Strip has been completely stopped.” because the Israeli army entered the checkpoint. .”
Hamas said in a statement that Israel attacked Rafah to undermine ceasefire efforts and urged the United States and the international community to stop Israel from waging war.
Hamas also launched a rocket attack targeting the Kerem Shalom border crossing in southern Israel.
The Israeli military also confirmed that Hamas fired four rockets and explained that there were no casualties.
Egypt also condemned the Israeli military’s takeover of the Rafah checkpoint.
Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned in a statement, “The capture of the Rafah checkpoint, a key lifeline on which more than 1 million Gaza residents depend, is a dangerous escalation in the war.”
According to witnesses, gunshots were heard near the checkpoint, which was already empty, last night.
The Israeli military explained that the noise last night was a targeted attack aimed at Hamas.
The Rafah checkpoint, which connects the southern Gaza Strip with Egypt, is a key corridor through which the international community’s relief supplies for refugees are brought in.
The Israeli military ordered the evacuation of residents in the eastern part of Rafah the day before and continued airstrikes more than 50 times, moving fighter jets and tanks.
Hamas’ health ministry said at least 20 people were killed and dozens injured in the plane crash.
Amid speculation that the Israeli military operation to enter Rafah has entered the countdown, Hamas announced its position the previous day that it would accept the ceasefire proposed by Egypt and Qatar, the mediators.
However, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said that Hamas’ latest cease-fire proposal fell short of Israel’s demands and that “the War Cabinet unanimously decided to continue the Rafah offensive to pressure to arm Hamas with the aim of achieving its war aims, including releasing the spies.” he said.
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2024-05-07 11:08:45
