Israeli troops parents urge 'Israel' to halt 'death trap' Rafah attack
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The letter written to the Israeli Security Minister and IOF head warns assault on the city "appears to be nothing short of recklessness."
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Families of Israeli captives hold banners during a protest calling for the Israeli government to agree to an agreement on May 1, 2024. (AP)
The parents of over 900 Israeli occupation troops stationed in Gaza have signed a statement urging the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) to halt the attack in Rafah, calling it a "deadly trap" for their children.
The letter, addressed to Yoav Gallant and the IOF chief of staff Herzi Halevi, claims that "anyone with common sense" could see it was evident that months of warning meant forces on "the other side" were actively preparing to attack their children.
“Our sons are physically and mentally exhausted,” the letter details, citing that this is "nothing short of recklessness.”
One mother expressed to The Guardian grave concern since, according to her, “Rafah is a death trap." She also expressed that Hamas "swiftly regains control" over the areas where IOF withdraw, adding that in the first months of the war, "we backed the whole operation. There was no other choice but to fight and get rid of Hamas in Gaza. But in the last months, we understand there is no clear plan.”
Another mother expressed that she was "terrified" when her son revealed he was on his way to Rafah, citing that entering Rafah "does not justify" eliminating Hamas.
Palestinian Resistance factions are still engaging IOF on multiple battlefronts in Jabalia, situated in the north of the Gaza Strip, and the city of Rafah in the South.
They are actively pursuing occupation soldiers and their vehicles, confronting them in intense close-range confrontations using a diverse range of weapons.
East of the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, engaged in fierce confrontations with the occupation forces.
On Sunday, Dahlia Scheindlin wrote in The Guardian that Israeli claims of destruction of Hamas by entering Rafah are even being questioned by Israeli experts, citing a former Mossad official who said it would be “tactical at best.”
Scheindlin calls Benjamin Netanyahu's claims of "total victory" come at a price, citing how previous claims of "total victory" have done little to destroy the Palestinian Resistance, emphasizing that claims of targeting 10,000-14,000 fighters are conflagulated.
The Jewish People Policy recently found that over 40% of Israelis are now uncertain about "Israel" being able to achieve "total victory" over Hamas.
52% of Israelis do not believe Rafah aggression will bring victory
After a captive agreement fell through last week, Scheindlin expresses that a real end to the war must mean
The Israeli occupation persists in its aggression against the Gaza Strip for the 220th consecutive day, committing massacres against civilians. This coincides with an escalation of its operations in Rafah, located in the southern part of the Strip.
In a related development, Israeli airstrikes killed four Palestinians, including a child, in the Brazil neighborhood located southeast of Rafah city.
A Palestinian was martyred and ten others sustained injuries when Israeli warplanes bombarded a home in the al-Shujaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City. The injured were rushed to Al-Maqasid Hospital, with casualties also being reported due to Israeli shelling in the al-Zaytoun neighborhood.
The aggression extended to the northern sector, where casualties and injuries were reported from Israeli attacks on Nahda Street and al-Quds Street in Jabalia.
Furthermore, Israeli quadcopters were reported to have fired in the Qalibo and Sheikh Zayed areas, while warplanes targeted a house belonging to the Mansour family in Jabalia.
The Chief of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Philippe Lazzarini dismissed "Israel's" assertion regarding the establishment of purported "safe zones" for forcibly displaced Palestinians as "false and misleading" via a post on X on Sunday.
"The claim of ‘safe zones’ is false and misleading," the UNRWA chief stressed.
He added that Israeli authorities persist in issuing mandatory displacement directives, also referred to as 'evacuation orders', compelling residents in Rafah to evacuate hastily without designated destinations.
