🇵🇸 🇮🇱 Rafah | The evacuation has begun. Gaza war unit tracking
🔶️ The first phase of the invasion will likely see IDF's 162nd Division invade the Eastern parts of Rafah, fighting Hamas' E. Battalion and securing the Rafah Crossing.
- 162nd Division appears to already be ready and in position at Camp Amitai.
- After this initial phase, the IDF will likely announce evacuation zones in further areas of Rafah, and the 98th Division will join the 162nd Division to operate alongside them.
(Please note, the graphics show battle team configurations, not organic composition.)
- In this way, the IDF intends to take the town piece by piece, evacuating civilians "as the tanks advance."
- The goal of the operation is primarily to secure a second Corridor in Gaza at the Philadelphi line, similar to Netzarim; and to destroy Hamas' 4 Rafah battalions.
🔶️ Due to US pressure the IDF had previously dismissed 2 brigades from the plan (551, 460) and scaled down its operation to be more surgical, if they are not recalled it could therefore take longer than the initially intended 6 weeks, but likely not longer than 2 months.
🔶️ Ground operation start expected this week. No large scale prior evacuation of civilians due to the piece by piece conquest, as I had previously reported from IDF sources.
🔶️ Journalist Or Fialkov reports from official IDF sources that the operation in Rafah will not be a limited operation, but that it will last several weeks and encompass all of Rafah.
📎 Gaza war unit tracking
🔶️ The first phase of the invasion will likely see IDF's 162nd Division invade the Eastern parts of Rafah, fighting Hamas' E. Battalion and securing the Rafah Crossing.
- 162nd Division appears to already be ready and in position at Camp Amitai.
- After this initial phase, the IDF will likely announce evacuation zones in further areas of Rafah, and the 98th Division will join the 162nd Division to operate alongside them.
(Please note, the graphics show battle team configurations, not organic composition.)
- In this way, the IDF intends to take the town piece by piece, evacuating civilians "as the tanks advance."
- The goal of the operation is primarily to secure a second Corridor in Gaza at the Philadelphi line, similar to Netzarim; and to destroy Hamas' 4 Rafah battalions.
🔶️ Due to US pressure the IDF had previously dismissed 2 brigades from the plan (551, 460) and scaled down its operation to be more surgical, if they are not recalled it could therefore take longer than the initially intended 6 weeks, but likely not longer than 2 months.
🔶️ Ground operation start expected this week. No large scale prior evacuation of civilians due to the piece by piece conquest, as I had previously reported from IDF sources.
🔶️ Journalist Or Fialkov reports from official IDF sources that the operation in Rafah will not be a limited operation, but that it will last several weeks and encompass all of Rafah.
📎 Gaza war unit tracking
Forwarded from Intel Slava
🇵🇸🇮🇱 Gazans report widespread attacks by the IDF in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
🇵🇸 🇮🇱 Scenes from the evacuation of the residents in Rafah
🔶️ The operation in Rafah will be a staggered, unlimited operation, in East Rafah, accompanied by tanks, the whole operation will last several weeks, including the occupation of all Rafah
🔶️ The IDF intends to split the city into smaller sections and clear one section at a time.
📎 orfialkov
🔶️ The operation in Rafah will be a staggered, unlimited operation, in East Rafah, accompanied by tanks, the whole operation will last several weeks, including the occupation of all Rafah
🔶️ The IDF intends to split the city into smaller sections and clear one section at a time.
📎 orfialkov
🇵🇸 🇮🇱 The operation in Rafah was approved by a consensus during Israel's war cabinet meeting yesterday
🔶️ Israel's War Cabinet approved on Sunday the launch of a military operation in Rafah, which began with the evacuation of Gazans from the eastern part of the city near the border with Israel earlier on Monday.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bky7uv8fc
🔶️ Israel's War Cabinet approved on Sunday the launch of a military operation in Rafah, which began with the evacuation of Gazans from the eastern part of the city near the border with Israel earlier on Monday.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bky7uv8fc
ynetnews
Israel's War Cabinet approves first phase of Rafah operation
After residents of southern most city in Strip told to evacuate to safe zones, ministers vote unanimously in favor of operation following Hamas deadly strike on Kerem Shalom crossing and failure of hostage release negotiations
🇵🇸 🇮🇱 Israel drops leaflets over Rafah southern Gaza, ordering inhabitants of eastern Rafah to immediately move to Al Mawasi (a desolate strip along the Gaza coast), cautioning them from moving to north Gaza or towards its southern and eastern perimeter fence.
📎 Itay Epshtain
📎 Itay Epshtain
⛺️ 🇵🇸 🇮🇱 May 5 SkySat imagery from planet shows that there's been a decrease in tents in one of the more dense IDP areas in Rafah in the past week, though with the IDF's Rafah operation beginning now, it's not clear how many more will be able to leave.
📎 Jake Godin
📎 Jake Godin
/CIG/ Telegram | Counter Intelligence Global
🇺🇸 🇵🇸 🇮🇱 Biden puts U.S.-made ammunition to Israel shipments on hold, two Israeli officials told Axios. 🔶️ The incident raised serious concerns inside the Israeli government and sent officials scrambling to understand why the shipment was held, Israeli officials…
🇺🇸 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 Israel's War dependent on US Ammunition
🔶️ While Netanyahu's coalition government continues to belittle American aid, a report by the Ministry of Finance reveals the dramatic dependence of the US for the war in Gaza. The 2023 budget set a price tag of NIS 17 billion for the war in the fourth quarter, but the report reveals transactions for NIS 18 billion that were not included in the budget.
🔶️ The fact that most of the engagements that the Ministry of Defense carried out at the outbreak of the war were in the worlds of ammunition, confirms previous reports that the IDF was forced to manage an "arms economy" and limit the air and ground attacks in order to maintain a stock of ammunition both for the continuation of the fighting in Gaza and for a scenario in which a full-scale war breaks out on the northern front. The increased use of ammunition in the wars in Gaza and Ukraine has led the world to an unusual global shortage of ammunition of all types, which makes it difficult for the IDF and the Ministry of Defense to obtain additional stock immediately and raises prices.
https://www.ynet.co.il/economy/article/ryhhuj8zr
🔶️ While Netanyahu's coalition government continues to belittle American aid, a report by the Ministry of Finance reveals the dramatic dependence of the US for the war in Gaza. The 2023 budget set a price tag of NIS 17 billion for the war in the fourth quarter, but the report reveals transactions for NIS 18 billion that were not included in the budget.
🔶️ The fact that most of the engagements that the Ministry of Defense carried out at the outbreak of the war were in the worlds of ammunition, confirms previous reports that the IDF was forced to manage an "arms economy" and limit the air and ground attacks in order to maintain a stock of ammunition both for the continuation of the fighting in Gaza and for a scenario in which a full-scale war breaks out on the northern front. The increased use of ammunition in the wars in Gaza and Ukraine has led the world to an unusual global shortage of ammunition of all types, which makes it difficult for the IDF and the Ministry of Defense to obtain additional stock immediately and raises prices.
https://www.ynet.co.il/economy/article/ryhhuj8zr
ynet
חצי מהתחמושת במלחמה נקנתה מהאמריקנים
בעוד בקואליציה ממשיכים לזלזל בסיוע האמריקני, דוח של משרד האוצר חושף את התלות הדרמטית בארה"ב במלחמת חרבות ברזל. תקציב 2023 קבע תג מחיר של 17 מיליארד שקל למלחמה ברבעון הרביעי אך הדוח מגלה עסקאות ב-18 מיליארד שקל שלא נכללו בתקציב
🇵🇸 🇮🇱 An Israeli official confirms Biden is going to speak to Netanyahu later today about Rafah.
🔶️ A senior Israeli official (likely Netanyahu anonymously speaking to the press) said we have significant concerns from this call; we believe that Biden "Will throw Israel under the bus. Because of internal political issues,"
🔶️ A senior Israeli official (likely Netanyahu anonymously speaking to the press) said we have significant concerns from this call; we believe that Biden "Will throw Israel under the bus. Because of internal political issues,"
🇪🇬 🇵🇸 🇮🇱 Egyptian Defense Officials are reporting that the Readiness Level of Military Forces, in the Northern Sinai Peninsula near the Border of the Gaza Strip, have been raised to Maximum Alert and Positions have begun being Reinforced; due to the possibility of Palestinian Refugees attempting to enter Egyptian Territory as a result of the Israeli Ground Invasion of Rafah which now appears Imminent.
🔶️ Egyptian Foreign Ministry: We call on Israel to maintain maximum restraint and avoid further escalation at this sensitive point in the negotiations on the ceasefire agreement. Egypt is holding talks with all parties to find a solution that will prevent an explosion
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🔶️ Egyptian Foreign Ministry: We call on Israel to maintain maximum restraint and avoid further escalation at this sensitive point in the negotiations on the ceasefire agreement. Egypt is holding talks with all parties to find a solution that will prevent an explosion
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Forwarded from Intel Slava
🇮🇱🇵🇸 Several aid trucks were damaged as a result of the IDF attacks near the Rafah crossing.