• In short: Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered Israel’s military to draw up a dual plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians from the crowded southern Gaza city of Rafah and defeat the last Hamas fighters there.
  • NGOs have warned that a ground invasion of the town would be a “bloodbath” and the plans have also prompted an unusual public backlash from US officials.
  • Israel says that Rafah is the last remaining stronghold of Hamas and it needs to send in troops to “collapse” the militant group.
  • Nobody@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Israel can’t be allowed to do this. The ethnic cleansing in Gaza has led everyone south to this area. If Israel attacks, it will be a true, old school genocide with death numbers through the roof. Nazi-style genocide.

    Now is the time for ceasefire talks.