The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continues its military operation in Rafah in the Gaza Strip despite serious criticism from the international community, DPA reported. quoted by BTA.
Soldiers discovered a large number of weapons, tunnels and rockets in the city, located in the southern part of the enclave, the IDF said, adding that the Israeli army's operations were precise and based on intelligence.
Israel considers the border town of Rafah to be the last remaining stronghold of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which sparked the conflict in the Gaza Strip after launching attacks on towns and kibbutzim in southern Israel on October 7, killing and abducting hundreds of civilians.
The attacks come a day after United States President Joe Biden presented a new proposal from Israel to end the war and secure the release of Israeli hostages.
Today, the fighting continued in the central part of the Gaza Strip, where dozens of Palestinians were killed in the last two days. The IDF stated that they were all terrorists.
Several key members of "Hamas" have also been killed in recent days, including a man allegedly involved in planning terrorist attacks in Israel and the occupied West Bank.
Given the large number of civilian casualties and the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, Israel has come under increasing international criticism, with a large number of countries condemning the specialized operation in the densely populated border town of Rafah, DPA notes.
A week ago, the UN International Court of Justice ordered Israel to immediately end its military operations in Rafah.
The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip claims that 36,379 people have died since the beginning of the conflict in the Palestinian enclave, DPA notes.