Netanyahu orders IDF to begin operating in Rafah, Gaza

Feb. 7, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made it abundantly clear about the IDF being prepared to act in Rafah, on Wednesday night.

"We have instructed the IDF to also take action in Rafah and in the two camps in the center [of Gaza], the last remaining strongholds of Hamas. The IDF will facilitate the civilian population to move away through a humanitarian corridor according to international law,” Bibi said.

This was the first time Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, along with IDF top officials have said that going into Rafah was going to happen--no more abstractions, this is the plan.

However, multiple defense sources discounted the idea that a major change in policy or imminent invasion of Rafah was taking place.

But it's possible that something is going on with the notion of taking action in Rafah, because defense sources have no real explanation of why Bibi said what he did, and sources close to him haven't backed down. 

Palestinian dude standing in an IDF destroyed PA police car trying to impress the ladies

The military also noted that in response to the attacks from Lebanon towards Mount Dov, Shetula, Goren, and Margaliot in multiple rounds on Wednesday, IDF artillery counterattacked the sources of the fire. But this is only a tit-for-tat and those kinds of responses never puts an end to conflict.

The Hamassholes didn't fire any rockets on Wednesday or Tuesday, with the last rocket fired on Monday being the only rocket fired by the scumcrumpets since Saturday.

Even since December 8, most days Hamas has either not fired rockets or fired rockets in single digits, and with only a few exceptions, only short range rockets at the South. This might indicate the terror group is low on weapons. It might also indicate the terrorists who launch rockets have been sent to Jannah and got their virgin rations.

According to the Jerusalem Post, IDF sources say that Hamas' leadership and the hostages may be in Rafah, hiding among the 1.5 million Palestinian civilians, and some may be in a part of central Gaza which the IDF has yet to deal with.

The problem with going into Rafah has to do with its border with Egypt and the danger to the huge population there.

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Israel fired upon by Hezbollah: civilians directed to bunkers

Photo: Times of Israel

Anti-tank missiles were fired from Lebanon on Sunday toward northern Israel, according to Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Fortunately there were no casualties and Hezbollah ["Army of Allah"] and proxy of Iran in Lebanon, took responsibility for the attack.


“A number of anti-aircraft missiles were fired from Lebanon at an IDF base and military vehicles in the area. There are a number of confirmed hits," the army reported in a statement.

The missile attack was at an Israeli base near Moshav Avivam and IDF vehicles less than a kilometer from the Israel-Lebanon border. As a result of the attack, Hezbollah claimed it destroyed an Israeli tank, and the IDF admitted that one of their vehicles was hit but didn't elaborate as to what type of vehicle it was, or to the extent of damage.

In response, Israel returned fire at targets in southern Lebanon.

Residents up to four kilometers [about 2.5 miles] from the Lebanon border were directed to open bomb shelters or told to remain in their homes, Ynet reported.

This most recent incident comes after an IDF shelling earlier Sunday across the border into Lebanon toward Mount Dov [aka Shebaa Farms]. Fires erupted as a result of an Israeli drone entering Lebanon's airspace around 11:15 a.m., but there were no reports of injuries, according to Ynet and added that the Lebanese army addressed the incident.

Tensions have intensified in northern Israel since the IDF undertook an operation on terrorists who were preparing to launch a suicide-style drone strike, an operation that was under the command of Qasem Soleimani and was to be launched from Syria.

In response to the threat of Hezbollah, Israel has increased its military strength in the north with troops, aircraft and artillery.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah last week, “Be careful what you say and be more careful what you do.”

Nasrallah wasn't deterred saying that Israel "must pay a price" for its aggression, which, of course, is in self-defense. If it was up to Hezbollah, and the Middle East in general, Israel would not be allowed to defend itself from those countries that surround it and want to see it destroyed.

World Israel News reported that "[S]urprise military checkpoints popped up on roads in the north on Sunday. Residents must provide proof of identity in order to pass through them." WIN added that IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Ronen Manelis, who was to step down on Tuesday, has decided to extend his service for now.

There is no doubt that Hezbollah seeks the total destruction of Israel and there looks as if there is no end in sight to the violence.



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