As Gaza ceasefire negotiations heat up, Rafah’s invasion looms
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2024
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
As Hamas announced agreeing to a ceasefire proposal, questions remain about Israel’s next steps in the war on Gaza. Israel has ordered thousands of Palestinians to flee Rafah sheltering more than one million displaced people, sparking fears of a full-blown Israeli military assault on the southern Gaza city.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, Israel orders Palestinians to evacuate Rafa. |
| 0:15.0 | Around 100,000 Palestinian civilians have been told to evacuate as Israel appears poised to launch a new |
| 0:24.3 | operation there. |
| 0:26.1 | The invasion seems closer than ever, despite months of intense ceasefire negotiations. |
| 0:32.8 | So, why isn't there an agreement? |
| 0:37.2 | I'm Kevin Horton, and this is The Take. Thank you. Why isn't there an agreement? |
| 0:40.5 | I'm Kevin Horton, and this is the take. |
| 0:49.1 | So let's just start with the past few days. |
| 0:58.2 | Over the weekend, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a deal that would end the war. |
| 1:01.9 | Both Israel and Hamas blamed the other side. |
| 1:06.4 | On Sunday, Israel closed Al Jazeera's offices. |
| 1:08.9 | An unprecedented site. |
| 1:13.7 | Israeli police raid Al Jazeera's workspace in occupied East Jerusalem. |
| 1:19.5 | Now, the network's operations continue in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip. |
| 1:30.2 | On Monday, the Israeli military ordered Palestinians in Gaza to evacuate Eastern Rafa, the last refuge that has already come under bombardment. |
| 1:31.5 | There have been reports of heavy bombardment of a rafa by the Israeli army. |
| 1:36.8 | And later in the day Monday, Hamas leadership told Al Jazeera it was agreeing to a proposed |
| 1:42.4 | ceasefire deal. |
| 1:44.4 | We're breaking into our regular programming with breaking news here. |
| 1:47.7 | A leading Hamas official has told Al Jazeera that the group has now accepted a ceasefire |
| 1:53.0 | proposal put forward by Egyptian and Qatari mediators. |
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