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With most civilians moved at lightning speed, Is the US still opposed to a Rafah op?
[Jpost] For several months now, there has been a heated debate between the US and Israel about whether it would take four weeks (Israel’s view) or four months (the US’s view) to evacuate the Palestinian civilians taking refuge in Rafah so that the IDF could operate there — an estimated 1.2 to 1.4 million people.Another heated debate was regarding whether that sheer volume of civilians in such a tiny area could be moved without a mass loss of civilian life; Israel wagered "yes," and the US said "no." The IDF resolved this debate on Monday in its announcement that it had moved somewhere between two-thirds to 80% of the Palestinian civilian population out of Rafah — with a minimal number of casualties — in under two weeks.This was the first shocking swing of fate, due largely to extraordinary IDF achievements. Nothing succeeds like success... Posted by: Grom the reflective 2024-05-21 |
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