Israel is setting up a complex system of checkpoints that will prevent men of “military age” from fleeing Rafah in preparation for its offensive on the southern Gaza border city, a senior western official familiar with Israel’s plans has told Middle East Eye on condition of anonymity.
The creation of gender-based checkpoints around Rafah would put a spotlight back on Israel’s practice of stripping and forcibly detaining male Palestinian men and children, as it faces rising scrutiny in the West of its conduct in the war.
@NoneOfUrBusiness @Linkerbaan @Woozythebear
Seriously, Israel could reduce to famine (the real one, not the restrictions that make you fat western puppies faint) the entire Gaza strip in one day. Doesn’t do it. Prepares to attack Rafah? THAT’S WAR, and a war launched by a terrorist movement which killed all its Palestinian opponents (PLO/Fatah) when it SEIZED power, and machiavellianly (or by stupidity, who knows) attacked Israel without any consideration about the inevitable consequences.
If you have a problem the definition of famine used here, take it up with the IPC (preferably after actually reading what it is).
They actually did. There’s a reason only Northern Gaza is at stage 5.