Panic mounts in Rafah over looming Israeli offensive after night strikes
2/12/24
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from The New York Times,
2/12/24:
The Israeli strikes that lit up the night in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah on Monday sent pulses of fear through the 1.4 million Palestinians for whom that strip of land has become a shelter of last resort.
Israel’s army described the overnight attacks as cover for a special forces mission to rescue two elderly Israeli-Argentine hostages. The operation succeeded, freeing Fernando Simon Merman, 60, and Luis Har, 70. The human cost was massive: At least 67 people were killed throughout the city, the Gaza Health Ministry said. The hostages were in good condition according to sources.
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