IDF Preparing to Evacuate Civilians from Rafah

(JNS) Yaakov Lappin - In order for the Israel Defense Forces to be able to operate freely in Rafah, the civilians there will have to evacuate - and Hamas will do everything in its power to prevent them from doing so for precisely this reason. The IDF's Southern Command and its Population Evacuation Unit possess a state-of-the-art control center and real-time map of Gaza's civilian situation, enabling evacuation from specific areas and the tracking of those efforts. By December, the IDF was able to evacuate over a million people from northern Gaza, setting a vital precedent. During these past evacuation efforts, the IDF witnessed many attempts by Hamas to stop Palestinian civilians from leaving. The difference this time will be that now, the IDF will need to set up checkpoints to filter out any terrorists attempting to move north with the civilians.


2024-03-28 00:00:00

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