The offensive took place despite all the recommendations of the entire world or almost. “The Israel Defense Forces are continuing their targeted operation against Hamas a Rafah as part of efforts to achieve a lasting defeat of Hamas and bring home all our hostages.”
IDF spokesman Admiral Daniel Hagari said this in a video released on the Israeli army’s Telegram channel. «Our war – he added – is against Hamas, not against the population of Gaza».
«Our operations against Hamas to Rafah remain limited and directed at tactical progress, tactical adjustments, military progress and to avoid densely populated areas – underlined the IDF spokesperson -. Since the beginning of our targeted action against Hamas a Rafah we eliminated dozens of terrorists, discovered tunnels and numerous weapons. Before our operations we invite civilians to temporarily move to humanitarian areas and move away from the crossfire in which Hamas puts them.”
«In the last few days – he explained Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari – we facilitated the entry of 200,000 liters of fuel from the border crossing Kerem Shalomwe have facilitated and coordinated the opening of a new field hospital in Gaza and are working to enable the flow of humanitarian aid to Rafah through the Salah Al-Din Road crossing. Only in the last few days, we have been reminded of why our attack against Hamas is vital: Hamas has launched missiles from Rafah towards the Kerem Shalom crossing through which Israel lets in humanitarian aid for the population of Gaza.
And on Friday night, Hamas launched 9 missiles from Rafah towards the Israeli city of Beer Sheva, hitting a children’s playground. We will continue to fulfill our mission to achieve the defeat of Hamas and to bring our hostages home.”
