The Israeli invasion of Rafah appears to be imminent as Israeli forces dropped leaflets on the eastern part of the city, warning that “extreme force” will be used in the area.
The Israeli military said it ordered the evacuation of about 100,000 people and suggested they go to the al-Mawasi refugee camp on the coast. Aid groups have warned that an evacuation of civilians from Rafah, which is sheltering an estimated 1.4 million Palestinian civilians, is not possible because there’s nowhere to go due to the sheer destruction in Gaza.
In response to Israel’s evacuation order, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said al-Mawasi did not have the resources to take in the evacuees. The NRC warned that the “forced, unlawful” evacuation order could lead to “the deadliest phase of this conflict.”
The international charity Oxfam also strongly condemned the Israeli evacuation order and noted that Israel has repeatedly bombed areas it claimed were safe. “Oxfam condemns this forced evacuation order, the potential Rafah offensive, and the Biden administration’s unconditional support for Israel that has helped bring us to this point,” said Abby Maxman, CEO of Oxfam America.
“There is nowhere safe to go: for over six months, Israel has routinely killed civilians and aid workers, including in clearly marked ‘safe zones’ and ‘evacuation routes.’ The notion that the 100,000 civilians being evacuated by Israel will be safe and protected is simply not credible,” Maxman added.
US officials have claimed they’re opposed to Israel invading Rafah without a clear plan to protect civilians. But there’s no sign the Biden administration is putting any real pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Israel appears to be going ahead with the attack and US weapons shipments to Israel continue to flow.
Israeli bombs pounded Rafah before the evacuation order was issued, with reports of at least 22 civilians, including eight children, being killed in the strikes. Rafah residents said fresh Israeli strikes hit the city after the evacuation order as well.
The ethnic cleansing of Gaza is reaching its foreseeable conclusion, and the hypocritical “west” continues to enable it. No one in the global south will ever forgive or forget this. Any person from US, UK, or western Europe saying ANYTHING about ethnic cleansing or rule of law or indeed civil rights going forward will be laughed/shouted out of the room.
It will be interesting to see if the US government will ever dare to speak of “human rights” ever again. How could they?
Of course they will. They’ve killed 20 million people since WW2 and they’re still talking shit.
The only justice, anywhere or everywhere, is thru the father, mother and the son and that means ALL of humanity. Have a truly peaceful day, in an earthbound way but never forget ‘the way’ for all of us and that means humanity.
None of us will be able to claim “we didn’t know” what was happening in Gaza when future generations question how we could have allowed such barbaric mass murders to occur in our time. This has been the most well-documented genocide in history. We’ve all been watching it unfold in real time before our eyes for the past 7 months.
The Israeli military said it ordered the evacuation of about 100,000 people and suggested they go to the al-Mawasi refugee camp on the coast.
Not a mathematician but doesn’t that leave 1.3 million people left?
Sure – they want to kill 1.3 million, not just 100,000. But to cover your ass you say you want “some” to “evacuate.” Doesn’t get more blatant than that. I hope the Zionists remember this when Hezbollah and Iran bury Israeli in missiles.
Yup … and how 100,000 people (let alone more than a million) could evacuate a city in a few minutes is also unmentioned …
Aw c’mon, didn’t you see that they dropped leaflets? (/s, just in case)
The Israeli invasion of Rafah appears to be imminent as Israeli forces dropped leaflets on the eastern part of the city, warning that “extreme force” will be used in the area.
Which means that groups designated as terrorists by the good guys should be able to get that label lifted if they follow Israel’s rules of engagement and let civilians know that they about to be killed. And not just with this particular planned atrocity. There are so many more. The definition of terrorism will have to be re-written with a big Asterisk attached saying “EXCEPT FOR ISRAEL”.
Rafah
this is what a Likud cease fire looks like
just a few…
https://twitter.com/i/status/1787355302792212941
https://twitter.com/i/status/1787539343168454664
https://twitter.com/i/status/1756870743596429682
Israel is demonstrating the truth of that quote attributed to Lord Acton: “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
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hamas should have seen it coming