artillery fire on Rafah after Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement of the imminent end of the “intense” phase of the fighting

The Israeli army announced that it was continuing its “targeted operations” in the area and having “eliminated armed terrorists” and “dismantled tunnel entrances”.

Following the announcement of Benjamin Netanyahu on the imminent end of the “intense phase of the fighting against Hamas”, artillery fire targeted, Monday June 24, Rafah as well as the Palestinian camp of Nousseirat, in the center, and the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, in the north, where fighting was reported, according to witnesses cited by AFP. According to the spokesperson for Civil Defense in the Palestinian Territory, two medical professionals were killed in an airstrike on Al-Daraj hospital in Gaza City, including Hani Al-Jafarwari, the director of the medical service. ambulances and emergencies at the Gaza Ministry of Health.

The Israeli army announced that it would continue its “targeted operations” in the Rafah sector and there be “eliminated armed terrorists” And “dismantled tunnel entrances”.

While he is under very strong pressure from public opinion, Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday that “the intense phase of the fighting against Hamas [était] about to end”. “This does not mean that the war is about to end but the war in its intense phase is about to end in Rafah”said the Prime Minister in an interview with the Israeli channel Channel 14. Benjamin Netanyahu repeated that “the objective” was “to recover the hostages” detained in Gaza and “uproot the Hamas regime”in place since 2007.

“After the end of the intense phase, we will be able to redeploy some forces towards the north, and we will do so, mainly for defensive purposes, but also to return the (displaced) inhabitants to their homes”added the Prime Minister on Sunday. The exchanges of fire between the army and Hezbollah, a powerful Islamist movement allied with Hamas, armed and financed by Iran, led to the displacement of tens of thousands of residents of the border areas of southern Lebanon and northern Lebanon. ‘Israel.

The Palestinian Islamist movement responded that any agreement must “include a permanent ceasefire and complete withdrawal” Israeli from Gaza, conditions that Israel has always rejected.