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Israel: Rafah Operation Imminent, Not a Bluff; ‘Liberate Gaza from Hamas’
Breitbart ^ | 05/06/2024 | JOEL B. POLLAK

Posted on 05/06/2024 6:27:22 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Israeli government spokesman David Mencer said Monday that Israel’s warning to residents of Rafah to evacuate was not a bluff and marked the beginning of a long-promised operation by the Israel Defense Force (IDF) to win the war.

Asked at a press briefing by Breitbart News whether Monday’s warning — including flyers, SMS messages, telephone calls, and Arabic broadcasts — was a tactic to encourage Hamas to accept a hostage deal currently on the table, Israeli government spokesman David Mencer suggested that the warnings were exactly what they appeared to be.

“The purpose of the operation in Rafah is to do exactly what the IDF has stated,” Mencer said. “Rafah contains the last four battalions of Hamas. We cannot leave them in power: it’s been stated quite clearly that if we do that they will simply retake Gaza. And consequently, they will attack us again, because that’s precisely what they have said.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gaza; hamas; israel; keremshalom; liberate; rafah
Why warn anybody? Go kick some butt
1 posted on 05/06/2024 6:27:23 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They can then say civilians were warned


2 posted on 05/06/2024 6:33:12 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Gonna call it genocide anyways......


3 posted on 05/06/2024 6:34:05 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: MrRelevant

Exactly, they have done it before Traitor Joe cut off the ammunition


4 posted on 05/06/2024 6:35:30 AM PDT by iamgalt
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Bibi is basically telling JOBama and they/their minions to shove it. Good!


5 posted on 05/06/2024 6:36:17 AM PDT by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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To: iamgalt

Make that “they should have done it before Traitor Joe cut off the ammunition “.


6 posted on 05/06/2024 6:37:46 AM PDT by iamgalt
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Maybe later we can separate the American haters from America?


7 posted on 05/06/2024 6:39:10 AM PDT by Leep (Leftardism strikes 1 in 5.)
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To: Leep

That day seems like it is not far off!


8 posted on 05/06/2024 6:49:53 AM PDT by bantam
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They need to go to Qatar and find “Evil Eye” Sinwar.


9 posted on 05/06/2024 7:05:43 AM PDT by Greg123456
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yes, they need to just do it already. Its doubtful many of the hostages are left alive anyway.


10 posted on 05/06/2024 7:09:10 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: SaveFerris

Bibi should inform Biden that they are manufacturing their own ammunition and weapons now and offer to sell them to the US. And tell Biden “Oh, and was there anything else they needed to discuss? If not, go back to sleep.”


11 posted on 05/06/2024 7:09:49 AM PDT by silent majority rising (When it is dark enough, men see the stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Israel MUST destroy Hamas. The country has no choice.

Hamas lives to kill Jews. What else can Israel do?

Hamas starves its own people. They are barbarians.


12 posted on 05/06/2024 7:12:42 AM PDT by Gnome1949
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To: Nervous Tick

“Bibi is basically telling JOBama and they/their minions to shove it”


13 posted on 05/06/2024 7:13:16 AM PDT by Sunsong
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Frankly, I do not understand WHY they stopped their offensive two months ago.
They had been steadily driving south. They surrounded Khan Younis and drove Hamas into Rafah. Then they stopped because apparently Sinwar was holding out in the tunnels of Rafah surrounded by some of the remaining hostages. So, they pulled back. This was the mistake. They had them on the run and cornered. They could not escape further south because Egypt had destroyed all the tunnels into their country. Hamas was trapped.


14 posted on 05/06/2024 7:20:33 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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