Tag: Rafah
Hagari: Hamas terror will continue after Rafah operation
Israel Defense Forces Spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said on Wednesday that Hamas will still pose a threat even after a military operation in Rafah city, its last stronghold in the Gaza Strip.
Speaking at...
In seizing Rafah crossing, Israel turns tables on Hamas’s stalling tactics
The decision by Israel’s War Cabinet to order the Israel Defense Forces to seize Rafah Crossing is strategically significant, as it will negatively impact Hamas’s ability to smuggle weapons and people back and forth...
Austin confirms US holding up weapons shipment over Rafah
U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to hold up a delivery of thousands of heavy bombs to the Israel Defense Forces was taken in the context of Jerusalem’s plans to carry out a large-scale ground...
IDF kills terrorists, destroys Hamas infrastructure in Rafah
Israel Defense Forces ground troops on Wednesday continued the offensive against Hamas in the Gaza terrorist bastion of Rafah.
Soldiers killed an some 30 gunmen and located tunnel shafts and other underground infrastructure on the...
PM: Goal of Rafah op is to return hostages and eliminate Hamas
Hamas’s unilateral ceasefire proposal failed to thwart the Israel Defense Forces’ operation against the terror group’s last bastion of Rafah, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday evening.
“Hamas’s proposal was intended to torpedo...
Eastern Rafah evacuation part of phased dismantlement of last Hamas bastion
The Israel Defense Forces is pursuing a staged operation to dismantle Hamas’s last stronghold in Rafah, southern Gaza.
The IDF on Monday began evacuating some 100,000 civilians from eastern Rafah and announced the widening of...
House subcommittee chair: Hamas ‘solely responsible for what is happening in Rafah’
Hamas, and not the Jewish state, is responsible for bringing Israel’s attack on Rafah on the people of Gaza, Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart (R-Fla.) stated on Monday.
“Hamas is solely responsible for what is happening in...
IDF will act in Rafah, Netanyahu again says
The Israel Defense Forces will do whatever is necessary to win the war against the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip, including in Rafah, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu again vowed on Thursday.
“There were,...
War Cabinet meeting canceled amid infighting over Rafah
A meeting of the Israeli War Cabinet scheduled for Tuesday evening was canceled amid coalition infighting over a possible hostages-for-ceasefire deal with the Hamas terrorist organization.
The proposal currently being discussed with Hamas reportedly includes significant compromises...
Netanyahu: IDF will enter Rafah ‘with or without a deal’
The Israel Defense Forces will enter the Hamas stronghold of Rafah in southern Gaza irrespective of the outcome of hostages-for-ceasefire-and-terrorists talks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday.
“The notion that we will stop the...