Sullivan Okays IDF Action in Rafah

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Under the headline, “US Encouraged by Israeli Changes to Plans for Rafah Operation,” Bloomberg reported Wednesday morning, citing a US official, that The United States has become more amenable to a larger Israeli military campaign in Rafah, following Israel’s attempts to minimize civilian casualties from such an assault. This marks a change from the previous stance, wherein President Joe Biden had cautioned Israel for several weeks that an all-out attack on the Gaza Strip border city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands have sought refuge, would compel the US to halt the transfer of offensive weaponry to Israel.




Meanwhile, IDF forces continue to advance in Rafah, as four brigades of the 162nd Division are controlling the eastern neighborhoods of the city and the crossing itself. The fighters have begun to advance west of the Rafah crossing along the Philadelphi axis on the border with Egypt – one of the main smuggling points for Hamas in recent years.


US intelligence sources told Politico on Tuesday that although Hamas’s communications and military abilities have been degraded, only 30 to 35 percent of its fighters have been killed and about 65 percent of its tunnels are still intact.
 
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