Tag: Rafah
Netanyahu: ‘We will eliminate the Hamas battalions in Rafah’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on Tuesday that the Hamas battalions in Rafah will be defeated amid questions about whether a full-scale invasion of Gaza’s southernmost city will take place.
“We will complete the...
Netanyahu: Date set for IDF offensive in Rafah, essential to victory
Israel has set a date for the military offensive against the remaining Hamas terror battalions in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday night.
“We are constantly working to achieve...
Gallant: IDF will ‘soon address’ last Hamas brigade in Rafah
The Israel Defense Forces will soon attack the last Hamas terror brigade in the Gaza Strip’s southernmost city of Rafah, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday.
Gallant...
IDF chief hails ‘very significant achievement’ as Israeli forces conclude Shifa Hospital op
The Israel Defense Forces and Israel Security Agency have completed a two-week joint operation to eliminate a Hamas insurgency at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, the military said on Monday.
Soldiers from Shayetet 13, the 401st Brigade...
Israel prefers US support, but will enter Rafah alone if need be, Netanyahu tells...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the Jewish state cannot defeat the Hamas terror organization without going into and destroying the battalions in Rafah.
“I told him that...
Blinken: Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal ‘very much possible’
A potential ceasefire deal between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group is “getting closer,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday during a trip to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
“I think the gaps are...
Is a war against Hezbollah imminent?
The world’s attention is focused on Gaza, but if a war breaks out on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, it will be far broader and more destructive than the one Israel is waging against...
Biden to pressure Israel on alternatives to Rafah op
The White House will present alternative plans designed to dissuade Jerusalem from carrying out a full-scale military operation in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah when an Israeli delegation visits Washington early next week, Axios reported on...
‘No other choice’: Netanyahu defying Biden on Rafah operation
The IDF must clear Rafah of terrorists despite American opposition, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during Tuesday’s closed-door session of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee.
The premier told the lawmakers that the...
US could support limited Israeli op in Rafah—report
Washington has told Jerusalem it could support a limited IDF military operation against “high value” Hamas targets in Rafah in southern Gaza, according to a report published Wednesday in Politico.
The American news outlet wrote that...