5/25/2024–|Last updated: 5/25/202410:07 PM (Mecca time)
The Israeli Broadcasting Authority quoted security sources on Saturday as saying that Israel is ready to withdraw its forces from the Rafah crossing “for political and military considerations,” following its forces’ control of the crossing three weeks ago as part of its ground incursion into the Rafah areas in the southern Gaza Strip.
The security sources explained – according to the Broadcasting Corporation – that “if Egypt decides to open the Rafah crossing, Israel will not object,” according to what was reported by the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation, while the Israeli Channel 12 quoted senior officials that “there are no longer gaps” between Israel and the United States regarding the operation. Rafah.
For the third week, the occupation forces intensified their bombing of areas in Rafah and closed the crossing, which plays a major role in bringing in humanitarian relief and some supplies, after they occupied it on May 6, in addition to confrontations waged by the Palestinian resistance in Rafah against the occupation soldiers and vehicles.
This comes in light of mounting international and European pressure on Israel to abide by the decision of the International Court of Justice and stop its military attack on the city of Rafah, in addition to the previous UN and international warnings of the repercussions of the Rafah invasion, as it is the last refuge for the displaced in the Gaza Strip, which is subjected to a devastating war. Since the seventh of last October.