Netanyahu suspends ground operation in Gaza after Iranian attack

Last Updated on April 16, 2024 5:26 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to suspend ground operations in the Gaza Strip city of Rafah due to Iran’s counterattack.

More than 33,700 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the cross-border attack led by Hamas on October 7 last year in a brutal attack by the Israeli armed forces. Most of them are women and children. After the war-torn Gaza, the Netanyahu government decided to attack Rafah on the border with Egypt, calling it the “last stronghold of Hamas”. Where about 1.4 million displaced Palestinians have taken shelter to escape the incessant attacks by Israeli forces.

Despite intense international controversy over Tel Aviv’s plans for such an attack, Netanyahu warned last week that a date had been set for the Rafah offensive. However, in the face of Iran’s sudden attack, Netanyahu is withdrawing from the policy of attacking Rafah again.

Earlier, US President Joe Biden made it clear to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the United States will not be involved if close ally Israel launches a counterattack against Iran, a military powerhouse in the Middle East. However, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are on high alert for possible Israeli counterattacks. At the same time, Iran also sent a warning to Israel.

It should be noted that on April 1, Israel attacked the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria and killed some of the country’s top military officers. To avenge this incident, Iran launched an unprecedented attack on Israel last Saturday night. The country used more than three hundred missiles and drones in this attack.