Smoke rises after an Israeli strike as Israeli forces launch a ground and air operation in the eastern part of Rafah, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, the southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday. JERUSALEM — Israeli forces took control of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on Tuesday, making their first ground incursion into the densely packed southern Gaza city, shutting down the flow of aid, sending thousands of civilians fleeing and infuriating neighboring Egypt.
It described the incursion as a “dangerous escalation” that was threatening cease-fire efforts, adding that the operation endangered the lives of the million Palestinians who depend on the crossing for humanitarian aid and a “safe way out for the injured and patients to get treatment.” “There’s no way to evacuate this number of people safely,” she said, adding that people had scant notice to evacuate before the bombardment began ahead of Israel’s operation. “There’s no way to evacuate half of the population,” she added.
For months, Egypt has warned Israel against invading Rafah — worried chiefly about the prospect of a full-scale incursion driving mass displacement of Palestinians into Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, which officials have described as a red line. Egypt, with its staunchly pro-Palestinian population, is concerned about being seen as complicit in the forced displacement of Palestinians.
The former Egyptian official, however, countered that the deal “was agreed by the Israeli cabinet before that and we sent it to Hamas.”
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