As per sources, during the first two to three weeks, the IDF would evacuate the civilian population. There are around 1.3 million Palestinians in Rafah region with a large number of women and children.
The US and Israel's allies urged Israel to refrain from attacking Rafah due to its densely populated civilian area, with approximately 1.3 million residents.
The Israeli army's actions in the past day resulted in 103 Palestinian fatalities and 142 injuries in the Strip, as reported by the Ministry in a press statement on Tuesday.
Israel launched an offensive against Hamas in Gaza after the October 7 assault on southern Israel in which some 1,200 people were killed, most of them civilians, and some 240 taken hostage.
The IDF holds the Syrian government fully responsible for terror activities on its territory. Ground forces killed several Hamas operatives, including Nukhba elite forces involved in the October 7 attack.
Daniel Hagari, emphasised that the absence of structural damage and craters in the vicinity of the hospital indicated that the blast was not the result of an airstrike.
Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a stern warning to terrorist outfit Hamas, saying that it started a cruel, evil war and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will use all its strength to destroy its capabilities.
