The Israeli army’s breakthrough in Rafah comes only hours after Hamas said Monday evening that it had accepted the ceasefire proposal presented by Egyptian and Qatari mediators. The details of the proposal formulated by the mediators were not yet known, but Hamas then mentioned the objective of a permanent ceasefire. Earlier on Monday, an Israeli official said Israel was reviewing the proposal accepted by Hamas. “This is not the framework we agreed to”however, he clarified.
Despite these discussions, the Israeli army did not stop its intense bombings on Monday, then during the night from Monday to Tuesday, in Rafah, in order to accentuate the ” pressure “ on Hamas. Civil defense in the Gaza Strip reported “many deaths” overnight, and the Kuwaiti hospital in the city said it had received “eleven dead” and “dozens of injured” in these strikes. Witnesses and Palestinian security sources reported airstrikes late Monday and early Tuesday, as well as intense artillery fire across the Gaza Strip, particularly in Rafah and its surrounding areas.