IDF to ‘Post’ in Rafah: In first, Hamas may have pre-evacuated its own people
Hamas resisted evacuations in all prior fights, but viewing a Rafah operation as inevitable, wanted more time for booby traps.
Palestinians travel on foot with their belongings as they flee Rafah due to an Israeli military operation, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 13, 2024.(photo credit: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled)Updated: