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SvennoJ on 29 May 2024
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Israeli military drones shoot ‘anyone who moves’ in Rafah: Report

Israel forces carried out new air strikes in southern Gaza’s Rafah overnight and in the early hours of the morning as tanks pushed through to the centre of the city that was a “safe zone” until recently for Palestinians fleeing attacks by Israeli forces elsewhere in the territory.

The French news agency AFP said that its journalists in Rafah reported new strikes early Wednesday, hours after witnesses and a Palestinian security source said Israeli tanks had penetrated the heart of the city.

“People are currently inside their homes because anyone who moves is being shot at by Israeli drones,” Rafah resident Abdel Khatib told the AFP.


The 'limited operation' (according to the USA) in Rafah continues

Intense fighting as five Israeli brigades advance on Rafah

Israel may have used “unmanned ground vehicles” to lead its incursion into the west of Rafah city, war monitors report, while “intense gunfire” was heard as Israeli forces pushed deeper into the city’s centre, forcing civilians to flee.

Palestinian fighters resisting the ground invasion launched attacks in Rafah’s south and centre on Tuesday, including detonating a building rigged with explosives while Israeli soldiers were inside, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP).

According to the latest battlefield report from the US-based defence think tanks, Israel deployed an additional brigade to the Rafah ground invasion on Tuesday, bringing the total involved in the operation to five.

The ISW/CTP also reported on three Israeli brigades operating in the Jabalia refugee camp in the north of Gaza and two brigades in central Gaza on Tuesday.

An Israeli brigade is said to have between 2,000 and 5,000 soldiers, depending on its operational capability and mission.


Smoke rises from Israeli strikes in Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip on May 28

Rafah field hospital forced to evacuate

Al-Quds Field Hospital, run by the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), has been forced to move out of the al-Mawasi area of Rafah due to nearby Israeli artillery shelling and bombardment.

The field hospital, one of the few health facilities that was remaining in Rafah, has moved up to the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, according to the PRCS.

As we’ve been reporting, air attacks have repeatedly hit tent camps in al-Mawasi in recent days, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, many women and children.


Israeli military moves further into Rafah, has full control of Philadelphi Corridor

The Israeli military continues to create more tragedies in Rafah.

Over the past three days, it has intensified its aerial bombardment of Rafah, including al-Mawasi evacuation zone.

The Israeli military continues to push deeper into the city, supported by intense air attacks and heavy artillery shelling. The shelling has extended to the vicinity of the Kuwaiti Hospital, which is completely out of service. All of Rafah’s field hospitals, with the exception of one, are also out of service.

The military now has control over the Philadelphi Corridor and is advancing deeper into the remaining part of the corridor – to the western part of Rafah city.

Meanwhile, it continues to herd people from one place to another. Those who have been told to stay in al-Mawasi evacuation zone to avoid being bombed are finding themselves on the move again, seeking shelter elsewhere. But there is no safe place in a war zone.

Bombing is taking place everywhere, not only in Rafah, but also in Khan Younis and in the rest of the Strip.