Within the Gaza Strip, fear of a possible attack is growing among the population Ground invasion of Rafah in the coming weeks or months, especially after the withdrawal on Sunday of all days Troops of Khan Yunis and Israel’s alleged purchase of some 40,000 tents to house those already displaced once they are forced to leave Rafah.
He Israeli Ministry of Defense on Monday issued a tender for a supplier of 40,000 tents, it was announced on Tuesday Times of Israelwhich would be part of the preparations for the military takeover of Rafah, an Israeli official confirmed to the low newspaper anonymity. These tents could not even hold 500,000 people, this source said.
On his part Netanyahu announced for the first time this Monday, “a meeting“The planned invasion of Rafah, which he did not reveal and which the US did not know about, says that four Hamas battalions remain active to prevent “absolute victory” over the Islamist organization and achieve the goal that this will never be the case and again pose a “threat” to Israel.
“We will complete the destruction of the Hamas battalions, including in Rafah. There is no force in the world that can stop us,” the Hebrew leader stressed today during his visit to the military base in Tel Hashomerin the center of the country, meeting new recruits in combat and surveillance posts.
The international community and that Human rights organizations They have been calling on Netanyahu for months not to invade Rafah because it could trigger a massacre of civilians in one of the most populated and vulnerable places in the world.