“Prior to May, the Biden administration had warned Israel not to enter Rafah”
Sounds like we now know why...
_______________
This is why there are three Hamas billionaires holed up in Qatar. Though the IDF offed one in Iran the other day. Hamas was making a mint smuggling into Gaza. So were an elite crew of Egyptians. Egypt is neutral to friendly towards Israel under President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. But meanwhile, one Egyptian faction was getting very wealthy from the Gaza smuggling. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi had to know about this.
I always knew Hamas was getting rich from smuggling. I had no idea Egyptians were too. This is all ended, now that Israel controls Rafah. Though I am sure there are more smuggling tunnels for the IDF to find and eliminate.
There have been numerous reports and a few videos on smuggling from Egypt into Gaza. The locals in Gaza were proud of the smuggling, saying they made lots of money smuggling refrigerators, car parts, couches, engines, you name it, they could get it for the residents of Gaza. This stuff can't come in via tiny human sized tunnels.