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Rabat – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly confirmed a new wave of air strikes on Rafah, deliberately dismantling the ceasefire and reigniting Israel’s bloody genocidal campaign against Palestinians.
In a statement released today, Netanyahu said the Israel Occupation Forces (IOF) action followed “consultations with senior defense officials,” framing the attack as a “measured response” to alleged Hamas fire.
The IOF echoed his remarks, claiming Palestinian fighters had targeted its soldiers with antitank missiles and gunfire. Yet Gaza-based medical and local sources say no such attacks took place, only another genocidal massacre under the cloak of self-defense.
The confirmation of the strikes marks a stark display of defiance against international pressure calling for restraint.
Netanyahu’s government, already facing domestic political turmoil, appears to be reasserting its hardline stance through renewed genocide in Gaza.
By openly endorsing the attack, Netanyahu is signaling to his far-right allies that Israel will not be bound by ceasefire terms it signed, terms already violated dozens of times since early October.
Palestinian officials say Israel has committed at least 47 violations of the ceasefire agreement since it went into effect, killing 35 and injuring over 140 in just two weeks. Today’s strikes on Rafah and central Gaza killed at least seven civilians, including two children.
Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, denied any involvement in clashes in Rafah, stating: “We have no knowledge of any incidents or clashes taking place in the Rafah area, as these are red zones under the occupation’s control.”
Since October 2023, Israel’s genocide on Gaza has killed at least 68,159 Palestinians and wounded 170,203, most of them women and children.
The IOF has reduced entire districts to ash. The Rafah border crossing remains closed, sealing Gaza’s civilians in what has become one of the most densely bombed areas on Earth.
Life in Gaza has long descended into an abyss of despair. Entire neighborhoods lie in ruins, hospitals have run out of fuel and medicine, and food supplies are dwindling under IOF’s continuous blockade amid a genocide unfolding in full view of the world.
