'The month of Rafah': Will Israel's talk lead to defeating Hamas in Gaza? - analysis
Rafah has been important to Hamas for decades as part of its smuggling operations and to control the flow of humanitarian aid crossing the border.
Palestinians at the site of a destroyed Mosque from an Israeli air strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 14, 2024(photo credit: ABED RAHIM KHATIB/FLASH90)Updated: 
