On Sunday, Israeli officials said that they are making ready for military operations in Gaza’s southernmost point of Rafah six months into a long war, which has shattered buildings and lives.
On Sunday Israel pulled its forces out of the southern Gaza Strip in a partial withdrawal half a year into the war sparked by the attack against Israel by Hamas militants on October 7.
Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said ‘After months of fighting troops left the city of Khan Yunis to prepare for future missions, including in Rafah”.
World leaders have expressed alarm at the prospect of an invasion of the city, near the Egyptian border, where most of Gaza’s population has taken shelter.
Israel’s military Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi said, ‘The war in Gaza continues, and we are far from stopping’.
He added, ‘This is a long war, with varying intensity’. After troops left areas in the largely destroyed city of Khan Yunis, a stream of displaced Palestinians walked there, in the hope of returning to their homes from temporary shelters in Rafah, a little further south.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, ‘Israel was one step away from victory’
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