Israel advancing in Rafah to target Hamas, Egypt warns

Gaza officials say that Israel’s military campaign in Gaza since October 7 has killed more than 34,000 of their people, while thousands of bodies are still feared buried under the debris.

Many countries of the world are surrounded by war. Where it has been more than two years since the Russia-Ukraine war. At the same time, war also seems to be breaking out between Iran and Israel. The tension between two arch enemy countries has reached its peak. Here, Hamas and Israel have been fighting for the last six months. Amidst all this, Israel once again said that it is moving ahead with its operation in Rafah in southern Gaza to target Hamas. At the same time, neighboring Egypt has given it a strict warning Let us tell you that since October 7, more than 34,000 people have been killed in Israel’s military operation in Gaza.

Let us know what has happened so far-

1. A spokesman for the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is moving forward with a ground campaign in Rafah.
2. However, no time limit has been given for this. An official said that the Israeli Defense Ministry had purchased 40,000 tents to relocate Palestinians from Rafah before the attack, each tent has the capacity to accommodate 10 to 12 people.
3. PM Netanyahu has repeatedly said that Israel will proceed to attack Rafah, the last main center of population in Gaza, where Israeli troops have not yet reached.
4. Israel has started a war against Hamas after the attack on cities on October 7. He says that four combat battalions of Hamas are present in Rafah.
   
5. However, Israel has been warned by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi that any military operation in Rafah would have disastrous consequences.
   
6. Rafa is adjacent to the border of Egypt. It has given shelter to more than 10 lakh Palestinians. These are the people who fled from there after the war that started between Israel and Hamas about six months ago.

7. Israel’s closest ally America has also advised it to cancel the plan to attack Rafah. America has said that it can counter Hamas fighters there in other ways also.

8. Israel withdrew most of its ground troops from southern Gaza, but continued air strikes.

9. Raids are also being conducted in those areas from where the soldiers have returned. Efforts by the US, Egypt and Qatar to broker a ceasefire to stop Israel’s attack on Rafah have so far failed.

10. Gaza officials say more than 34,000 of their people have been killed so far in Israel’s military campaign, while thousands of bodies are still feared buried under the debris.