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#REDIRECT [[12 February 2024 Rafah strikes]] |
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On February 11, 2024, Israeli forces bombed the southern [[Gaza Strip]] city of [[Rafah]] as part of the [[Israel–Hamas war]]. |
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== Background == |
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After Israel launched its attacks into the Gaza Strip in October 2023, the [[Israeli military]] issued an order to the residents of [[Gaza City]] to evacuate south in 24 hours.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Young |first=Brett Bachman,Matt |date=2023-10-13 |title=Israel Issues Terrifying Warning to the United Nations |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/israel-issues-terrifying-warning-to-un-urging-northern-gaza-to-evacuate |access-date=2024-02-13 |work=The Daily Beast |language=en}}</ref> By February 2024, according to United Nations [[High Commissioner for Human Rights]] [[Volker Türk]], over 1.5 million [[Palestinians]] had evacuated into Rafah, a city that previously held approximately 250,000.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Türk |first=Volker |date=February 12, 2024 |title=UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Israeli operation into Rafah |url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements-and-speeches/2024/02/un-high-commissioner-human-rights-volker-turk-israeli-operation |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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In February 2024, [[Israeli Prime Minister]] [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] ordered the military to evacuate Rafah ahead of a planned ground invasion to capture Rafah.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-09 |title=Israel seeks to evacuate Palestinians jammed into a southern Gaza city ahead of an expected invasion |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-02-09-2024-d3229eec6a85c071248d3ddc2de2a73e |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> |
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== Attacks == |
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According the Israeli military, early on Monday February 12, they conducted a wave of air strikes in Gaza as a diversion in a successful rescue attempt of two hostages taken by [[Hamas]] on the October 7 2023 attacks in Israel. Up until this point, no hostages had been rescued by Israel through military means. |
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The air strikes in Rafah started approximately at the same time as the Super Bowl in the United States. According to the [[Gaza Health Ministry]], over 67 Palestinians were killed by the bombs.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yazbek |first=Hiba |date=2024-02-12 |title=Palestinians in Rafah Describe ‘Night Full of Horror’ During Israeli Hostage Rescue |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/12/world/middleeast/rafah-bombing-hostage-rescue-gaza.html |access-date=2024-02-13 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> According to the [[Palestine Red Crescent Society]], over 100 Palestinians were killed by both the bombs and Israeli machine gun fire along the border of Rafah.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2024-02-11 |title=Israel Makes It Impossible to Safely Follow Their Gaza Orders |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/bombing-rafah-the-last-refuge-israel-make-it-impossible-to-safely-follow-their-orders-in-gaza |access-date=2024-02-13 |work=The Daily Beast |language=en}}</ref> |
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Some of the targets of the Israeli air strikes included two mosques and about a dozen homes, according to the Rafah municipality.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Regan |first=Helen |date=2024-02-12 |title=Israeli airstrikes kill more than 100 in Rafah as international alarm mounts over anticipated ground offensive |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/12/middleeast/israel-airstrikes-rafah-ground-offensive-looms-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> |
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== International reactions == |
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=== United States === |
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The event coincided with [[Super Bowl LVIII]] in the United States. During and after the attacks, the hashtag #SuperBowlMassacre began trending on [[Twitter|X]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Newsome |first=Bree |date=February 12, 2024 |title=Tweet from Bree Newsome |url=https://x.com/BreeNewsome/status/1757079419904983548?s=20 |url-status=live}}</ref> The Israeli government also bought an advertisement named "Bring All Dads Home" in the Super Bowl to promote their views on the Israel-Hamas War in Gaza. According to the head of the [[American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee]] Abed Ayoub, over 10,000 people complained to the [[Federal Communications Commission]] about the advertisement because it did not contain proper disclosures and information that it was paid for by a foreign government. |
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U.S. President [[Joe Biden]] "reaffirmed" a stance that the Israeli ground operation in Rafah should not proceed, but did not call for a ceasefire or a return to negotiations.<ref name=":0" /> UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk demanded an immediate ceasefire to prevent further atrocities.<ref name=":0" /> |
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[[Dave Zirin]] wrote an article for [[The Nation|''The Nation'']] calling the 2024 Super Bowl a "weapon of mass distraction," and mentioned the Israeli advertisement during the Super Bowl "looked more like military synergy than happenstance."<blockquote>If there's any justice, future generations will remember the game not for [[Patrick Mahomes]], [[Travis Kelce]], or [[Taylor Swift]] but for the US-funded attacks on Palestinian civilians that occurred while so many Americans were glued to their TVs.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Zirin |first=Dave |date=2024-02-12 |title=The First Thing We Should Remember About the Super Bowl Is the Massacre |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/world/super-bowl-rafah-israel-gaza/ |access-date=2024-02-13 |language=en-US |issn=0027-8378}}</ref></blockquote>Leveraging the successful rescue, Benjamin Netanyahu stated that "enough" hostages remained to justify continuing military operations.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ward |first=Jasper |date=February 12, 2024 |title=Netanyahu says 'enough' remaining Israeli hostages alive to warrant Gaza war |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/netanyahu-says-enough-remaining-israeli-hostages-alive-warrant-gaza-war-2024-02-11/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Until this point in the conflict, no hostages had been successfully rescued via military means. |
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U.S. Representative [[Jamaal Bowman]] took to [[Twitter|X]] to state:<blockquote>While we watched the Super Bowl, Netanyahu launched a wave of attacks and killed innocent civilians in Rafah – a place where many refugees fled for relative safety – despite warnings from Biden<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Ray |date=2024-02-12 |title='Squad' member condemns Israel's hostage-freeing operation during Super Bowl |url=https://news4sanantonio.com/news/nation-world/squad-member-condemns-israels-hostage-freeing-operation-during-super-bowl-jamaal-bowman-democrat-benjamin-netanyahu-israel-palestine-gaza-hamas-rafah-middle-east-conflict |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=WOAI |language=en}}</ref></blockquote> |
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== References == |
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