[houseoftechno]

Originally Posted by The Times of Israel, Emanuel Fabian, 5 May 2024, 6:40 pm, Updated at 2:00 am

3 soldiers killed, 11 more hurt inside Israel by Hamas rocket attack from Rafah
Israel strikes Gazan city in response, allegedly killing 16
Troops stationed on border near Kerem Shalom hit by barrage fired from terror group’s last major stronghold; in response, Israel seals the crossing, where aid trucks pass through.

Three Israeli soldiers were killed and 11 more were wounded in a Hamas-claimed rocket attack on a staging ground near the Gaza Strip on Sunday, prompting the military to shutter a key border crossing.

The slain soldiers were named as:
Staff Sgt. Ruben Marc Mordechai Assouline, 19 of the Givati Brigade’s Shaked Battalion, from Ra’anana.
Staff Sgt. Ido Testa, 19, of the Givati Brigade’s Shaked Battalion, from Jerusalem.
Staff Sgt. Tal Shavit, 21, of the Nahal Brigade’s 931st Battalion, from Kfar Giladi.

Their deaths brought the toll of slain troops in Israel’s ground offensive against Hamas and amid operations along the Gaza border to 266.

Another 11 soldiers were wounded, including two soldiers of the 931st Battalion and a soldier of the Shaked Battalion who were listed in serious condition, the Israel Defense Forces said.

More than 10 rockets were fired from the Rafah area in southern Gaza in the attack, according to the IDF.

The Hamas terror group said it had launched a barrage of short-range rockets at a gathering of Israeli troops on the border, near the southern community of Kerem Shalom.

Most of the rockets struck an area where troops were gathered on the border, not far from the Kerem Shalom border crossing, which has been used to deliver thousands of truckloads of humanitarian aid to Gaza amid the war.

The soldiers had been guarding military equipment that was brought to the area for the IDF’s planned offensive in Rafah.

The victims were taken to hospitals by ambulance, aside from one who was airlifted.

The military was investigating why the Iron Dome air defense system did not engage the barrage.

Sirens had also sounded in Kerem Shalom during the attack, and one of the rockets hit a home in the community. Towns close to the enclave have been largely evacuated of civilians since the devastating Hamas-led onslaught on October 7.

The IDF said it had shuttered the Kerem Shalom Crossing for humanitarian aid trucks following the attack.

According to the military, the rocket attack was carried out from an area close to the Rafah Crossing with Egypt, some 350 meters from a civilian shelter.

The IDF said the attack was “another clear example of the systematic exploitation that the Hamas terror organization makes of humanitarian facilities and spaces for terror needs, while using the civilian population as a human shield.”

The IDF also carried out strikes in Rafah in response, including hitting the launchers and an adjacent building used by Hamas, the military said.

According to health officials in the Hamas-controlled enclave, one airstrike hit a house in Rafah, killing seven people.

Another strike just before midnight, the officials claimed, killed nine Palestinians, including a baby, in another house in a different part of Rafah.

“The toll of martyrs in Rafah reached 16,” AFP quoted Gazan first responders as saying.

More than a million Palestinian civilians are sheltering in Gaza’s southernmost city, considered to be the Hamas terror group’s last major redoubt.

Israel has repeatedly indicated it could launch an offensive in Rafah imminently should talks for a truce and hostage deal talks break down.

During a visit Sunday to the central Gaza Strip, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Israel had identified signs that Hamas was not interested in a hostage deal, and in turn, the military would launch its offensive in Rafah in “the very near future.”

“We have clear goals for this war, we are committed to the elimination of Hamas and the release of the hostages. We have given [Hamas] time and we wanted to reach a situation where we would realize the release of the hostages as quickly as possible, with a certain delay in the operational action, because the hostages are in a difficult situation and we need to make every effort to release them,” Gallant said to troops in central Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor.

Pics of the three Israeli KIAs...

[kushie18]

1. israeli sniped by al-qassam in Netzarmin, Gaza May 5th, Major Kalkidan Mehari, 37 years old, Petach Tikva, fighter of the 223rd battalion.

2. Huge crater after a bombing near East Rafah

[OmniJackal]

Originally Posted by kushie18 ↗

I expect Rafah will be bombed to shit, jews always looking for excuses to destroy

Israel has put out the warning. Evacuate rafah, we’re coming in.

[Poster101]

Source - "Recent shootings and explosions from Israel's new ground offensive in Rafah."

Looks like Rafah is kicking off, or IDF really just putting a toe in...we shall see

[kushie18]

Leaflets have been dropped ordering Palestinians to evacuate Rafah and head west of Khan Yunis

[Vincentsdream]

I thought rafah was like the end. Like there is nowhere else to go.

[Poster101]

This had to have hurt, better hold onto that AIDE

[Poster101]

Originally Posted by kushie18 ↗

Leaflets have been dropped ordering Palestinians to evacuate Rafah and head west of Khan Yunis

I guess this is also part of the plan ??

[Poster101]

Source - "Reports from Gaza: Hamas terrorists executed by shots several Fatah members - 7 May 2024"

title is confusing but its either HAMAS taking out Fatah or the other way around

[Gogoman]

bunch of savages