[142] John Kirby, the White House National Security Communications Advisor, similarly said that Israel had told the US that the operation was limited and intended to prevent smuggling of arms and money into the Gaza Strip, with negotiations for the release of Israeli hostages and a ceasefire resuming.

[104] Journalist David Ignatius reported that Israel had agreed to a limited operation instead of a full-scale offensive involving deployment of two IDF divisions in Rafah, after Sullivan met with Saudi and Israeli officials.

[29] Israeli tanks advanced into the Brazil, Jneina and al-Salam suburbs, with the IDF stating that it had taken out a militant firing mortars at soldiers with an airstrike, in addition to locating rockets and other military equipment.

[214] On 26 May, the IDF stated that it eliminated militants, found tunnel shafts, seized a large quantity of weapons and destroyed two rocket launchers that were targeting the Kerem Shalom crossing during the day.

[221] An IDF investigation found that the deaths were a result of poor planning and it not confirming the presence of civilians in the tents near the compound, with weapons or other flammable material nearby catching fire after the airstrike.

[232] Residents told Reuters that IDF tanks and armored vehicles had entered central Rafah on 28 May, reaching near al-Awda mosque whilst soldiers clashed with Hamas fighters around the Zoroub Hill.

Israel also implemented a communications blackout in some areas of eastern and southern Rafah, while Palestinian health officials reported that Israeli airstrikes wounded several people and caused fires that destroyed aid stores.

[259] Four Hamas militants attempted to infiltrate into southern Israel near Kerem Shalom and Holit during the early morning of 6 June, with the IDF eliminating three of them with drone strikes and tank shelling, while one was believed to have escaped back to Rafah, after they were intercepted by the Desert Reconnaissance Battalion.

[13] The 162nd Division continued its operations in Rafah on 8 June per the IDF, with the 401st Brigade raiding a training facility of Hamas' Tel al-Sultan Battalion, killing militants in addition to seizing weapons and locating tunnel shafts.

[274] The IDF on 12 June stated that Battalion 890 of the Givati Brigade was operating in Shaboura and had eliminated many militants they encountered over the past week, discovering weapons and a tunnel shaft leading to their underground compound following the clash.

[282] On 15 June, eight soldiers of the Combat Engineering Corps' 601st Battalion were killed after the Namer armored personnel carrier they were traveling in was targeted in Tel al-Sultan per the IDF, with Hamas claiming responsibility.

[1] The IDF on 16 June announced that it will hold daily tactical humanitarian pauses from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. along the stretch of Salah al-Din Road from Kerem Shalom bording crossing to the European Hospital near Khan Yunis in order to allow delivery of aid, while also stating that it would continue to attack militants in Rafah.

[295] IDF tanks advanced further in western Rafah on 19 June, making incursions into five neighborhoods after midnight, while Israeli bombardment on Al-Mawasi killed eight Palestinians and forced people to flee northwards according to medics and media affiliated with Hamas.

[298] Health officials and emergency workers meanwhile stated that at least 25 people were killed and 50 wounded after Israeli forces shelled a tent camp for displaced civilians near an ICRC field hospital outside the Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone.

[300] The IDF meanwhile announced the death of a soldier from the Armored Corps' 205th Brigade in an operational accident in Rafah,[31] and also stated that it had eliminated two militants along the humanitarian aid route near the Kerem Shalom crossing where World Food Programme staff were present.

[11][304] IDF Chief of the General Staff Herzi Halevi on 24 June stated that the military had nearly dismantled the Rafah Brigade of Hamas and it was no longer capable of operating as a fighting unit.

[305] The IDF meanwhile stated that its troops had disabled rocket launchers in Tel al-Sultan, eliminated militants, located large quantities of weapons and destroyed several tunnel shafts during their operations in Rafah.

[310] Palestinian health officials stated that at least eleven people were killed due to tank bombardment in Rafah,[311] while the Nahal Reconnaissance Battalion uncovered many weapons in residential buildings during its operations in the city.

[326] Israeli tanks intensified their raids in central and northern Rafah on 7 July, with the IDF claiming that it had killed 30 militants in clashes and airstrikes over the past day and destroyed a primed rocket launcher, while an officer of the Combat Engineering Corps' 601st and the commander of the 401st brigade's 52nd Battalion was wounded during the fighting.

[333] The IDF meanwhile reported a rocket barrage from Rafah towards Israel's border communities in the south, stating that it successfully intercepted five and in response it killed the militants behind it using an airstrike, in addition to targeting areas near the launching site.

[343] The IDF meanwhile stated that combat engineers of the Gaza Division, the Desert Reconnaissance Battalion and the Yahalom unit destroyed a tunnel in the Rafah area used by Hamas to infiltrate into Israel in June 2024.

[410] The IDF meanwhile stated that the 162nd Division had eliminated around 50 militants over the past day in Tel al-Sultan[58] and destroyed military infrastructure,[411] with the Nahal Brigade's 50th Battalion uncovering weapons inside UNRWA bags.

[421] On 29 August, the IDF stated that Osama Gadallah, a PIJ intelligence officer who had participated in the 7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel, was killed in an airstrike, while the 162nd Division had also eliminated dozens of militants over the past day.

[427] On 1 September, the IDF announced that it had recovered corpses of six hostages kidnapped during the Nova festival massacre, including Hersh Goldberg-Polin, from a tunnel in Rafah overnight, adding that they were killed by Hamas shortly before their rescue.

[431] On 4 September, the IDF stated that ita troops had eliminated more than 200 militants in Tel al-Sultan in recent weeks, while locating dozens of weapons and ten rocket launchers intended to be used for firing into Israel.

[449][450] Hamas on 15 September claimed to have carried out a two-stage attack on an Israeli D9 bulldozer and an armored personnel carrier in the al-Janina neighborhood in eastern Rafah, causing casualties among the IDF troops.

[569] The IDF on 30 November published a video of the Nahal Brigade taking out a Hamas cell setting up booby traps through a drone strike in Rafah, while stating that the Gaza Division had recovered weapons and military equipment during their operations near a mosque and a hospital.

[640] Three Palestinian police officers were killed on 16 February by an Israeli airstike, with the Hamas Interior Ministry stating that they were securing the entry of trucks carrying humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.

Judge Georg Nolte asked Israel to clarify the conditions in these zones, including how it plans to ensure the safe passage of evacuees and the provision of essential supplies such as food and shelter.

Judge Georg Nolte asked Israel to clarify the conditions in these zones, including how it plans to ensure the safe passage of evacuees and the provision of essential supplies such as food and shelter.