THERE IS Right now, special forces are combing the crossing” from Rafah. “We have operational control of the area“, the Israeli army confirmed, specifying that he was speaking “only on the Gaza side of the crossing“.
“We had leads, including the shooting“rockets on Sunday at the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza, killing four Israeli soldiers”,but also intelligence that part of the Rafah border crossing in Gaza (…) was used by Hamas for terrorist purposes“, explained the army.
As Israel has for months played down its intention to launch a large-scale ground offensive on Rafah, the overcrowded southern Gaza Strip site where it claims the last Hamas battalions are hiding, the Israeli military broke out on Tuesday that the operation “against terrorism” was localized and limited in scope.
“We operate in certain areas of East Rafah. We do not operate in the entire area“, but “in a certain area already a certain area” from Rafah, the military said. It’s about “a very targeted operation, very limited in scope against very specific targets“.
The Israeli military declined to say how long the operation would last.
Israel and Hamas are expected in Egypt on Tuesday, after the Palestinian Islamist movement announced it had accepted a truce plan, which would notably allow for a seven-month cessation of fighting in the Gaza Strip and the exchange of Palestinian detainees for hostages kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 during of his bloody attack in the south of Israel.
Israel announced that this project “away from Palestinian demands” and remains determined to continue its operations in Rafah “to put military pressure on Hamas“.
(with AFP)
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