On the night of February 12, Israel launched massive airstrikes on the crowded city of Rafah in the south of Gaza Strip, where more than a million displaced Palestinians have fled. According to the latest reports, the deaths toll from Israeli bombing has already exceeded 100 people, while more than 230 others were wounded.
The Israeli military claimed early Monday that it had conducted a “wave of attacks” on Rafah. According to the official report, the airstrikes on some “quality targets” were over at about 3 a.m. local time.
The Israeli military later declared that the strikes ”coincided” with a joint operation by the Israel Defence Force (IDF), Israel’s domestic Shin Bet security service and the Special Police Unit in Rafah aimed to release two Israeli hostages. Fernando Simon Marman, 60, and Louis Hare, 70, who were captured by Palestinian fighters during the October 7 attack on Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak. As a result of the Israeli operation last night, they were taken back to Israel. According to the Israeli military, the hostages were being held on the second floor of a building that was breached with an explosive charge during the raid, which saw heavy exchanges of gunfire with surrounding buildings. Now, they are in good medical condition, and were transferred for medical examination at the Sheba Tel Hashomer hospital.
The Israeli military said the airstrikes on Rafah coincided with the raid to allow its forces to be extracted. Thus, Israel confirmed that hundreds of Palestinians were killed and wounded to secure the operation of the Israeli special forces, which could not secure their withdrawal in any other humane way.
Israeli warplanes, tanks and ships reportedly took part in the attack on Rafah. According to some estimates, there are about 1.4 million people in the city, about half of the total population of Gaza.
The Al-Shabura quarter in Rafah, where the largest number of refugees took shelter, was heavily bombed. The local reports confirmed destruction of at least two mosques and several residential buildings.
The strikes resulted in heavy civilian casualties. Dozens of children were killed and wounded. The director of the Abu Yusef al-Najara hospital said that the capacity of medical facilities in Rafah cannot withstand such a large number of victims.
Hamas declared that the attack on Rafah was a continuation of a “genocidal war” and forced displacement attempts Israel has waged against the Palestinian people. The day before, Hamas leader warned that any Israeli ground offensive in Rafah would “blow up” the hostage-exchange negotiations.
Egypt was also not pleased by Israeli attack on the border city. Egyptian politicians called the bombing “crossing all borders” and “blatant ignoring of Egypt’s interests.” Since the beginning of the Israeli operations in the Palestinian enclave, the population of the city of Rafah located on the southern border of the Gaza Strip increased more than 10 times, posing the greater threat to the security of the Egyptian borders. The Egyptian authorities are concerned that refugee flows may break through the border and pour into Egypt.
“Egypt called for the necessity of uniting all international and regional efforts to prevent the targeting of the Palestinian city of Rafah,” Egyptian foreign ministry claimed on February 11.
Cairo warned Israel of the consequences if the IDF launches an operation in Rafah, threatening Israel to break the Camp David Accords signed back in 1979. Egypt may respond with severance of all diplomatic relations with Tel Aviv.
At the moment, Cairo continues to strengthen the border fences, and has also transferred tanks and infantry fighting vehicles to the border area.
Israel’s main allies, including the United States and Britain, have publicly warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to go ahead with a plan to send troops into Rafah. Joe Biden told that Israel should not launch a military operation in Rafah without a credible plan to ensure the safety of the roughly 1 million people sheltering there, the White House said. However, it seems that they gave a green light to the bombing of the city.
Tel Aviv spat on the interests of Egypt and moved on to bombing the densely populated and overcrowded refugee center. Netanyahu’s office has said that it had ordered the military to develop a plan to evacuate Rafah and destroy four Hamas battalions it says are deployed there. So far, any humanitarian efforts to save the lives of civilians are yet to be taken.
The United Nations has warned that the Palestinians there are running low on food, clean water and medicine, and that a ground assault would risk exacerbating a catastrophe that is already unfolding. Any operations in Rafah, including strikes, would stop the delivery of humanitarian supplies to the Palestinian enclave.
Tel Aviv brazenly ignores the decision of the UN court and does not make any efforts to stop the genocide of the Palestinian population.
there is something seriously fooked up with those joos. im telling you, there is definitely some truth to why they were kicked out of over 100 states throghout history. their traits are repulsive
cuz you are inferior to jew you must beg taco like me
once you realise they are european zionists (european settlers) and remember the history of colonizers… they aren’t that different (they are just speed running it).
i’m just saying but the uk killed 100 million indians… what is fuk up about it is the fact that indian su*king western countries none stop. also, india is just one example… the settlers want to be the majority where they colonize (killing the native is normal to them).
the ones who rejected decades of miracles in their midst had some rotten fruit from rotten trees.
ya allah where is iran? ahh we don’t need iran anymore… we just need to use palestinian children, women and normal citizens as collateral damage as long as we are safe underground.
-yahya “the pedomaniac” sinwar, leader of hamas
idiot zionist, you don’t even realize what you’ve done, basically doomed yourself to eradication. nobody will forget what you did, and how you cheered while doing it, and one day the tables will be turned. remember this day when you cry about the genocide of your people, you made it inevitable.
yea it is true that i have caused widespread destruction around gaza, i am the mastermind behind the october 7 massacre, also made unrwa headquarters into our underground intelligence data center.
we don’t care if our people getting an everyday ramadan retreat above ground as long as me and my senior commanders are safe below ground eating kebab and having feast. hear from my words. -yahya sinwar, leader of hamas
after 4 months the hostages were still alive = no imminent danger. so:
– did the action put hostages at further risk?
– was the action proportionate?
– given other hostages have been released via negotiation, why not here; other than the chance to strike rafah?
western politicians will be hiding out from their own electorates by the end of 2024. this cannot go on.
there is absolutely no way these blood sucking, child raping, mass murdering filth will collect a single penny from me ever again.
the american and uk globalists shift the blame to netanyahu while financing an supporting the whole atrocity. knowing the time window for securing israel is closing and the future of modern warfare will make israel just a filthy stain on history
fun fact: in at least three recent instances, biden has called netanyahu an “asshole,” – nbc news.
‘biden has said he is trying to get israel to agree to a cease-fire, but that netanyahu is “giving him hell” and is impossible to deal with.’ – nbc news
a few things, yes israel fake taking hostages back before (they killed 3 as well)… how true this is time i don’t know. but if true hamas as moles on zionist side…
this is bibi’s last war… he is done for good and he doesn’t want to end it to stay in power. egypt is moving aa systems and tanks to gaza border, for many reasons.
did you all saw biden’s tweet? that was funny.
remember election are coming up, don’t fuking believe a word from these fuks. oh look biden is trying his best to stop bibi…
what..? why can’t he just stop funding and sending weapons to israel? stfu don’t ask questions – nbc news.
look above the eagle of the great seal of america – hidden in plain sight star of david.
i have also recruited boys below 18 years of age to carry rpg suicide mission and told them allah will grant them 72 virgins inshallah!
update your copy-paste buddy don’t blow up your cover.
“reversing an earlier denial, israeli military officials have admitted that the telegram channel 72 virgins – uncensored was operated by members of a department of the israel defense forces’ operations directorate.”
same with the under age kids being soldiers, ukraine is doing that come up with something better.
didn’t you say yesterday the idf wasn’t going into rafah?
they didn’t. airstricks is not invading nor is sending group of people… you are changing the word invading to “going into rafah”. how many idf soldiers are in rafah right now?
please by all means copy-paste my 3 comments here, also read it again.
how about underage kids carrying ak47s and rpg launchers? we hamas are conscripting kids as young as 15 years old or below.
how about young zionist does same just with colt m 16s? and how about yo balls to carry anything? or those little cunts that wants all to fight for them?
cry harder idiot. you see these hamassholes are no different from nazis and communist terrorist groups. conscripting as young as seven and marrying girls as young as six are the way of jihadi nazism.
the uneducated one now comes up – i can understand where this yahya comes from but you aren’t even trying.
“hamas believes that no part of the land of palestine shall be compromised or conceded, irrespective of the causes, the circumstances and the pressures and no matter how long the occupation lasts.”
tldr, they are anti-colonizers kiddo. zionism root is colonization and they never hide that fact, and their ideology is close to nazism (one race above all).
yes, ukraine children doing that and europeans supporting it…
also, do you know what people do in wars? how many children zionists killed? yeah civilians… you don’t care about that now huh.
in ww 2, the allies thoroughly enjoyed bombing cities full of refugees. why wouldn‘t their brain-child?
egypt is averse to palestinian refugees… unlikely they will do anything to help them. sad.
does hamas have an underground tunnel system in rafah?
i tell you what… egypt border is the only place that hamas can get their weapons from and into gaza. but rafah is not the only* area hamas and other groups use to get weapons into gaza.
milei the miracle. count on similar death and destruction wherever the self-aggrandizing wailers go. absolutely disgusting. again, it is so easy to tell the real deaths with real blood behaving as it does, making a mess wherever it goes, not in one tidy area. these deaths in gaza will have dire consequences for those ordering, enabling, and participating. fuck the hoaxers, fuck the murderers. go to hell you evil scum.
don’t you think this milie character should be praying for the argentinian economy to get better instead of fir these israeli’s lives to get better.
time to execute the parasites you captured !!! the world is looking and has no balls to stop the beasts by bombing there airports, dymona, tel aviv… loosers !!!
it would be bad for all of the hostages they scooped up that the idf didn’t shoot in the back of the head for the hell of it. as we speak, some innocent palestinians are being tortured into nonsensical confessions where the ‘confessions’ have so many inconsistencies it is ridiculous black humor that anyone could believe it.
no more delaying, no more cowardice! egypt must attack the zionists, now or never! if sisi doesn’t have the balls then there should be a revolution and he and his whole gang must be hanged in a public square!
these scenes like many others before them are beyond words! how can the jews ever claim that they were victims during historical events is it any wonder they are hated the world over!
zionist genocidal isrealis.
jens is a zionist tranny pedophile of the jewish underground child pedophile rings.
death to israhell
72 virgins for you inshallah. go and wear yourself a suicide vest
i tell you what, you know more about wahhabis than anything else.
i remember when that saying started, and i like normal person asked a muslim friend of mine and he laughed at me for one whole hour and said “i wish buddy, i wish”.
p.s. it might help you if you watch daesh members that got captured by egyptians, syrian, and iraqis – what their last words were and who they were supporting. daesh never fought against israel and israel fund and support them during the whole war.
if you are young, don’t watch those videos… it is not like russian pow videos. in syria, egypt and iraq they would killed daesh right away.
murder of the innocent! they will never show these scenes on western media the bbc cnn fox news because jews control all western media and governments.
they aren’t jews, they are zionist child raping luciferians pretending and exploiting, like the many catholic clergy pretenders. the psycho scum go to where they can find easy victims like the church, day care and sports and youth organizations. its like calling the pope and child rape inner circle of bishops — or the fake healers and megachurch losers — christians. eternal hellfire for air and brimstone for bones and flesh is what they deserve.
their religion is the babylonian talmud not the old testament they say it is but it is not. jews are in effect a crime syndicate world wide . they corrupt lie and murder and always have done.
use bobo in a sentence (hint: google translate)
“bobo idiota. imong mama bobo. potang ina mo gago ka”
of course, for over a million citizens cramped in and around rafah, they will ensure flee out that shithole and not to become a hamasshole meatshield.
others however are getting bribed by sinwar as young as kids below 18 deceiving them about 72 virgins and lump sums of shekels or dollars or access to smuggled unrwa food packs.
don’t you think you are too young to be here? (ignoring the fact that you are uneducated on many topics).
if anyone here read the comment section under this report, they would know what you just did… it is sad. what is the word that young people use a lot… it is cringe.
you think you are mature enough to trashtalk like shit here? think again.
sinwar is doomed. he either die by the sword or die under the rubble. checkmate.
you are a child-man at best.
i might be wrong but i remember a clown that would end each of his trash comment with a cringe shit word like you do.
p.s. omegalul… checkmate… lol… etc
mature… “others however are getting bribed by sinwar as young as kids below 18 deceiving them about 72 virgins and lump sums of shekels or dollars or access to smuggled unrwa food packs.”
read and copy-past other people comments… real mature, and surely you aren’t trash talk like 24/7 trash.
two rotten old jewish turds for dozens of promising young lives.