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Israeli tanks encircle eastern half of Rafah
2024-05-11
[GEO.TV] Israeli tanks captured the main road dividing the eastern and western halves of Rafah on Friday, effectively encircling the entire eastern side of the city in the southern Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip.

Residents described almost constant explosions and gunfire east and northeast of the city on Friday, with intense fighting between Israeli forces and fighters from Hamas

and Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
Hamas said it ambushed Israeli tanks near a mosque in the east of the city, a sign the Israelis had penetrated several kilometres from the east to the outskirts of the built-up area.

Israel has ordered civilians out of the eastern half of Rafah, forcing tens of thousands of people to seek shelter outside the city, previously the last refuge of more than a million who fled other parts of the enclave during the war.

Israel says it cannot win the war without assaulting Rafah to root out thousands of Hamas fighters it believes are sheltering there. Hamas says it will fight to defend it. Aid agencies say the battle puts hundreds of thousands of already displaced civilians in harm's way.

"It is not safe, all of Rafah isn't safe as tank shells landed everywhere since yesterday," Abu Hassan, 50, a resident of Tel al-Sultan west of Rafah told Rooters via a chat app.

"I am trying to leave but I can't afford 2,000 shekels to buy a tent for my family," he said. "There is an increased movement of people out of Rafah even from the western areas, though they were not designated as red zones by the occupation.
Posted by:Fred

#11  BTW, never eat pate in a house where a cat resides. Just sample the cheese wheel.
Posted by: Super Hose   2024-05-11 23:17  

#10  "The pet food market in the US is estimated at around 50 billion USD", he said apropos of nothing in particular. There is always demand for high-protein animal feed and water-packed cat food in fancy cans.
Posted by: SteveS   2024-05-11 22:37  

#9  Depends on who or what is eating them. IYKWIMAITYD.
Posted by: Ululating Platypus   2024-05-11 22:00  

#8  Send them to the protein banks. Soylent Green(tm) is Gazans!

Money lost in costs trying to clean 'em
Posted by: Frank G   2024-05-11 18:26  

#7  what 2 do?

Send them to the protein banks. Soylent Green(tm) is Gazans!

Two peoples cannot live peacefully side by side when one group is bound by religion and culture to exterminate the other. It is just that simple. As Robert Frost said, "Defensible borders make good neighbors".
Posted by: SteveS   2024-05-11 14:01  

#6  Boom-boom time.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2024-05-11 13:42  

#5  "What 2 do?"
Biden wants to bring them here.
Posted by: Jan   2024-05-11 13:00  

#4  IMO, the solution is for israel to incorporate gaza into israel. But what could they do about the muslims living there? islam is not a civilized religion and believers in sharia should not be citizens of any civilized country. what 2 do?
Posted by: irish rage boy   2024-05-11 12:06  

#3  
Posted by: Jack+Creanter7508   2024-05-11 09:40  

#2  IDF calls on Gazans to leave additional Rafah neighborhoods as it presses operation
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-05-11 08:20  

#1  IDF advances on eastern Rafah, Leaflets dropped over rafah calling for evacuation

It's essential to secure the border with Egypt because that's where Hamas gets most of its weapons - if you believe the story of qassams from water pipes, there is place for you in the The Zambian Space Programme
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-05-11 03:52  

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