News about cease-fire, Hamas

A few points: 1. President Biden has always been a friend to Israel, but the arms-halt for Rafah is deeply misguided. Here’s why: A. Israel’s leverage on Hamas leaders is that we’re coming to kill them and nobody likes dying. If you prevent Israel from entering Rafah, you’ve…

The Israeli military issues a statement saying that it is carrying out strikes and operating against Hamas targets in northern Gaza's Jabaliya. It says it will provide more details soon. This morning, the IDF issued an evacuation warning for the area, ahead of a planned…

The Israeli military is calling on Palestinians in additional neighborhoods of Rafah to evacuate the area, as it presses on with its operation against Hamas in the city in the southern Gaza Strip. Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee, the IDF's Arabic-language spokesman, publishes a list of… pic.twitter.com/zOjidcUA6y

English statement by IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari on the IDF’s precise operation in Rafah: The Israel Defense Forces is continuing its precise operation against Hamas in Rafah as part of our efforts to achieve an enduring defeat of Hamas and bring all our hostages… pic.twitter.com/fHMvL9xmNz