Gaza Strip
The IDF’s Rafah operation must begin with a large-scale evacuation and screening to ensure that terrorists don’t escape with civilians.
The terrorist group insists on “permanent ceasefire.”
“The U.N. has always been unwilling to condemn this group of terrorists, cowards and rapists,” Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman wrote.
The Hamas ceasefire resolution was adopted on March 25, 2024, following the abstention of the United States.
“Nothing has changed about our policy—nothing,” John Kirby told reporters after Washington abstained rather than vetoing a U.N. Security Council resolution.
“The lack of a decisive victory in Gaza may bring us closer to a war in the north,” Gallant said ahead of meetings in Washington.
“People that were in other administrations with Biden saw him as weak, ineffective, Hamas would have never done that attack if I were there.”
The terror group expressed its hope for “a permanent ceasefire that leads to the withdrawal of all Zionist forces from the Gaza Strip.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu subsequently canceled a high-level delegation to Washington that was to discuss military operations in Rafah.
The delegation was to hold talks on the looming IDF operation in Rafah.
Two rockets intercepted • Others fell in open areas • No reports of injuries or damage.
“Hamas hijacked the Shifa Hospital and hides behind the sick and injured,” said IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari.
