Israel is attacking Rafah with air strikes, as tanks and troops have begun moving in. A ground offensive is underway.
More as I get it.
UPDATE 6:53 PM EDT —
IDF tanks were spotted less than 200 meters from the Rafah crossing to Egypt. This might be a move to cut off the crossing before any Hamas leadership tries to flee.
Israel is launching its offensive from the absolute SOUTH. No one in Gaza is thus able to flee the fighting into Egypt!
(Hal Turner Remark: Israel gave 1.4 million Palestinians just 12 hours to leave Rafah. Except there’s nowhere to go; Israel destroyed everything else. Attacking one million cornered refugees. Real bravery those Israelis.)
— D-9 bulldozers and Merkava tanks have breached the border.
— IDF are blowing up houses in the Al-Shouka area and the vicinity of the crossing, east of the city of Rafah.
— Hamas says that it approved of a…
