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Israel Army Seizes Rafah Crossing’s Gaza Side

On Tuesday, the Israeli army announced that it had taken operational control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt and that forces were examining the area.

“Last night, IDF (army) troops managed to establish operational control of the Gazan side of (Rafah) crossing”, the military noted.

The military went on to say, “Right now, at the moment what’s happening, we have operational control over the Gazan side of Rafah crossing, and we have special forces scanning the area to find additional terror infrastructure or terrorists”.

“We are only talking about the Gazan side of the Rafah crossing”, the military continued.

The military stated that it is now conducting a very targeted operation and a very limited scope against very specific targets in eastern Rafah.

“A vast amount of the organization and the people in the area within (which) we gave the evacuation notice yesterday (Monday) moved to a safer zone”, the military added.

The military claimed, “Since the beginning of its operation in eastern Rafah the military has killed 20 operatives”.

Also read: Israeli Strikes In Gaza’s Rafah, Kill 11

Spriha Rai

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