JERUSALEM, Israel – A siren sounded for two minutes Monday morning as Israel commemorated its Memorial Day to honor the nation’s war dead and those who died in terror attacks. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to continue the Rafah operation in Gaza and shared what wounded soldiers from the war told him.
“All of them (the wounded soldiers that he visited in hospital), without exception, told me – even the amputees – they told me the spirit of the people lifts them up. Keep going until victory and that’s how we will do it. The spirit of the people, with God’s help, will continue to lift us up in the fateful challenges that are still ahead of us and that we had in our 76 years of independence,” Netanyahu declared.
On the ground, about 300,000 Gazans have fled Rafah. some have escaped to safe zones established by the Israel Defense Forces to get them out of harm’s way.
The IDF has pushed deeper into the city, the last major stronghold of Hamas.
So far, it’s using targeted strikes, without launching a major invasion. this may adderess President Joe Biden’s threatt tol halt American weapons shipments to Isael, if the invasion takes place.
Israel also pounded northern
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