The fathers, brothers and sons who are risking their lives for their country do not want to go into Rafah, on the Egyptian border of the Gaza strip. The ordinary Palestinians who hate Hamas and wish for a swift Israeli victory – and there are more of them than you think – do not want a battle in Rafah. There are more than a million human shields there. The question is not one of wants. The question is one of needs.
If Rafah remains untouched, Israel will have lost the war
Attacking the terrorists’ last redoubt is not some kind of genocidal indulgence, as many in the west would shamefully have you believe. It would have a single objective. If Rafah remains untouched, Israel will have lost the war. The terrorists will rearm via the smuggling tunnels that burrow from Egypt into the town. There will be another October 7, another worse conflict.
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