Israel closer to ground invasion of Rafah amid humanitarian crisis | FOX 7 Austin

AND MIKE WARREN. WE ARE GETTING NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE MUCH ANTICIPATED ISRAELI OFFENSIVE INTO SOUTHERN GAZA. THIS COMES AMID INCREASED ACTIVITY ON A SITE INTENDED TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL HUMANITARIAN AID TO FLOW INTO THE REGION. FOX'S JEFF PAUL IS IN TEL AVIV WITH THE LATEST. A NEW SATELLITE IMAGE APPEARS TO SHOW CONSTRUCTION OF AN AID PORT NEAR GAZA CITY. THE SITE WILL EVENTUALLY BE THE HOME OF A TEMPORARY U.S. MILITARY PIER, SIMILAR TO THIS ONE THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING BUILT MILES OFFSHORE. BUT AS THE WAR IN GAZA CONTINUES, SECURITY CONCERNS WERE HEIGHTENED THIS WEEK WHEN THE PORT CAME UNDER FIRE DURING A MORTAR ATTACK. THIS OCCURRED BEFORE ANY U.S. FORCES, YOU KNOW, HAVE STARTED MOVING ANYTHING. THERE WILL BE NO U.S. FORCES ON THE GROUND. ALL OF THIS HAPPENING AS ISRAEL SIGNALS IT'S GETTING CLOSER TO A MAJOR GROUND OPERATION IN THE SOUTHERN CITY OF RAFAH. IT'S HOME TO AN ESTIMATED 1.3 MILLION CIVILIANS SEEKING SHELTER FROM THE WAR. MANY ARE NOW FORCED TO LEAVE ONCE AGAIN. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WE'RE RELOCATING. THERE IS NO SAFETY ANYWHERE. TENTS ARE NOW GOING UP A FEW MILES NORTH OF RAFAH IN DEIR AL-BALAH, AS CIVILIANS TRY TO AVOID THE FIGHTING. WE CAME HERE AND THERE'S BEEN SHELLING SEVERAL STRIKES LAST NIGHT, AND THEY TELL YOU IT'S A SAFE PLACE. HOW IS IT A SAFE PLACE? BEYOND GAZA'S BORDERS, TENSIONS ARE RUNNING HIGH THROUGHOUT ISRAEL. CROWDS DEMONSTRATING IN BOTH JERUSALEM AND TEL AVIV, FRUSTRATED BY A LACK OF PROGRESS ON A HOSTAGE DEAL. FAMILIES OF THE 133 STILL MISSING, INCLUDING EIGHT AMERICANS, ARE PUSHING WORLD LEADERS TO DO MORE. SO I ASK EVERYONE TO BRING BACK THEIR FOCUS TO THE RELEASE OF THE HOSTAGES, BECAUSE THAT WILL ALSO SOLVE SO MANY OF THE OTHER ISSUES, PRESIDENT BIDEN'S NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, JAKE SULLIVAN, SAID TODAY HE SAW FRESH MOMENTUM IN ONGOING HOSTAGE TALKS. HOWEVER HAMAS SAYS IT WILL NOT BACK DOWN FROM ITS DEMANDS OF A PERMANENT CEASEFIRE AND A FULL WITHDRAWAL OF ISRAELI TROOPS, SOMETHING

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Keywords: news, world news, world, military, israel, gaza, rafah, palestine, hamas, israel hamas war, gaza invasion, southern gaza ground invasion, israel invasion gaza, palestine gaza, humanitarian crisis gaza

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Length: 2min 4sec (124 seconds)

Published: Sat Apr 27 2024