Israel Ground Forces Enter Rafah, Tank Unit Shuts Down Vital Border Crossing

Overnight it’s been confirmed that Israeli ground forces have been moving into Rafah, with IDF tanks having seized Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing in the last hours. The IDF plans to monitor all aid going into the Gaza Strip, but global aid organizations inform this could be a death conviction for a population already teaching on the brink of full-blow family.

In a Monday telephone call call president Biden had warned Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against launching a ground attack on Rafah, but the Israeli leader has once again brushed off US 'red lines' as well as the warnings of another global allies like France.

Israeli tanks entering the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt. Photo: Israel Army via AFP

In a first reaction since tanks entered Rafah, the US State Department has said: “We proceed to believe that a hostage deal is in the best interest of the Israelis and the Palestinian people; it would bring an awesome casefire and let created humanitarian assistance into Gaza.”

An anonymous Israeli authoritative has claimed to local media that this is simply a "limited operation" and that at this point the promotional is being utilized for leverage by Tel Aviv. "It is being implemented to force Hamas" to accept a deal, the officials said.

Israel has claimed that the Rafah crossing is being utilized "for terrorist purposes" after 4 IDF trolls were killed close Kerem Shalom on Sunday due to an attack launched from close the crossing by Hamas militants.

The UN humanitarian affairs office has determined that all fuel for aid trucks and generators enter the Strip through the Rafah crossing and that «If no fuel comes in for a extended period of time, it would be a very effective way of putting the humanitarian operation in its grave.’

But The Associated Press has confirmed:

The Israeli 401st Brigade entered the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing early Tuesday, the Israeli military said, taking “operational control” of it. Footage release by the military shown Israeli flags flying from tanks that specified the area. It besides said that Ground troops and airstrikes targeted suggested Hamas positions in Rafah.

Egypt now fears that a quarter-million people could rapidly pour across the border and into the Sinai. Allready Reuters has reported at least 23 people killed, including six women and 5 children, according to local hospitals.

Mass exodus of civilians looking escape from Rafah...

Exodus from Rafah as Isrаеli viоlence spreads pic.twitter.com/1Nk7AxpC1k

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A Palestinian victim of the onslaught, Abu Amra, has been citted in Al Jazeera As saying. ‘We did nothing ... we don’t have Hamas,’ After his wife, 2 brothers, sister, and others were reported killed. “We found fire devouring us. The home was turned upside down.”

But Israel’s military says its operations are targeted and aimed at rooting out terrorists. According to 1 limited operation specified in Times of Israel:

The IDF and Border Police say they have wrapped up a 20-hour operation in the West Bank city of Tulkarem. Amid the operation, troops killed a gunman, detained six wanted Palestinians, seized weaponry and demolished 3 bombs-making labs, the military says.

Combat engineers besides ripped up roads where exploit devices were planted, the IDF adds.

Newly left video from Rafah shows a tank crushing an “I love Gaza” sign...

תיעוד: הטנקים של חטיבה 401 השתלטו מעבר מעבר רפיח pic.twitter.com/j5KoycXHq9

— איתי בלומנטל Itay Blumental (@Itay Blumental) May 7, 2024

So far, it seems a deal is not yet complete lost, as Israel officials are said to be exhibiting the Egyptian-Qatari proposed deal that on Monday Hamas said it had agreed it.

But Hamas has condemned the ‘dangerous evacuation’ in Rafah, saying in a statement, ‘This crime – which comes straight after the Hamas movement announced its adoption of the mediators’ proposal – confirm the occupation’s
intention to disrupt mediation efforts for a reasonfire and the release of passengers.” Meanwhile, home force in the US will grow for the Biden administration to do something.