Israel urges the inhabitants of Gaza`s town of Rafah (close to the border) to flee the city, which is highly suggestive that it has a battle plan for land operation. The military spokesperson for Israel posted these messages on social media along with suggestions to those who are living in the Jabalia neighborhood and 11 other neighborhoods and urged them to transfer to the western part of Gaza City.
The early morning of Wednesday saw Israel unleashing intense airstrikes in the central districts of Gaza, leaving behind 24 dead, according to the country’s West Asia Foundation and Agency of News (WAFA). Despite criticism from the United States and the worry raised by humanitarian groups, Israel is confident with the idea that it should go ahead with an incursion into Rafah, the richest city, which is home to up to 1 million displaced people.
Israeli Defense Forces claimed that around 300 thousand Gazans headed to the zone where humanitarian aid was distributed in the Al-Mawasi area. In the eyes of Israel, it is necessary to eliminate not other less than several thousand Hamas fighters in the course of the battle in Rafah to win this war. The main road dividing the 2 sides of Rafah has been captured by the Israeli tanks, thereby blocking the road that leads to the eastern side.
Thus, the eastern side is cut off. The White House expressed some anxiety over the Israeli operations. Yet, it observed that they currently seem limited in scope and target only a portion of the area with no prospect of a wide-scale invasion. The conflict rather became retaliatory when Hamas unleashed an attack on Israeli, causing many human casualties and abduction.
Through Israel’s military operation, the targets such as Hamas, number of casualties and widespread spoilage has aroused. The Biden administration was critical of Israel for using U.S.-made weapons as they appeared to be misusing them, adding that there was a chance they were violating the humanitarian international law. Nonetheless, the war’s disorderly character did not allow us to verify such precise events.
