These inhumane attacks on Rafah are no accident. They’re central to the IDF’s brutal, losing strategy | Paul Rogers
The killing of at least 45 Palestinians in a humanitarian zone near Rafah has caused anger that reaches far beyond the Middle East. And yet Israel’s offensive is expected to continue, with several Israeli tanks spotted in the centre of Rafah on Tuesday, witnesses told Reuters news agency. It comes after the international criminal court sought arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and defence minister Yoav Gallant, along with three senior Hamas leaders – all for alleged war crimes. Separately, the international court of justice demanded that Israel cease its assault on Rafah, and, for a few days last week, there seemed to be signs that Israel was refraining from an all-out assault. The US-based Institute for the Study of War had reported that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) were using “less airpower and artillery, and fewer, smaller bombs”, with soldiers clearing “urban areas on foot”. This has ended with the bombing of the Tal al-Sultan area, where the IDF onslaught caused a huge blaze in a tented area for displaced people. Netanyahu may describe the …
