Israel launches airstrikes on Syria’s Damascus; issues evacuation orders in Gaza’s Rafah

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More than four months into the Israel-Hamas conflict, Prime Minister Netanyahu has directed the military to formulate a plan for evacuating civilians from Rafah, anticipating an imminent invasion of the densely populated southern Gaza City. The relentless military offensive by Israel has forced over half of Gaza's 2.3 million residents towards the border with Egypt. Adding another layer to the complexity, Israeli strikes targeted the Syrian capital, Damascus. The strikes resulted in some reported 'material' losses.

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00:00 More than four months into the Israel-Hamas conflict, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin

00:15 Netanyahu has directed the military to formulate a plan for evacuating civilians from Gaza's

00:21 Rafah.

00:22 Netanyahu anticipated an imminent invasion of the densely populated southern Gaza City.

00:29 The relentless military offensive by Israel has forced over half of Gaza's 2.3 million

00:35 residents towards the border with Egypt.

00:38 The health ministry in Gaza reports a grim milestone, with the Palestinian death toll

00:43 surpassing 27,840.

00:46 Consequently, a quarter of Gaza's population is grappling with starvation amid the devastating

00:54 impact of the conflict.

00:57 Adding another layer to the complexity, Israeli strikes targeted the Syrian capital Damascus.

01:04 The strikes resulted in some reported material losses.

01:09 According to the Times of Israel, Syria's official news agency SANA attributes the air

01:14 strikes to the Golan Heights.

01:17 In retaliation, Syrian air defences intercepted and downed several Israeli missiles aimed

01:24 at the Damascus countryside.

01:27 Palestinian state media reported these events in the early hours of Saturday.

01:31 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a bold announcement revealing that the military has

01:37 been instructed to develop a plan for evacuating civilians and dismantling four Hamas battalions

01:43 stationed in Rafah.

01:46 Over a million Palestinians are now on high alert, anticipating evacuation as Israel gears

01:52 up for a potential ground assault against Hamas in southern Gaza.

01:57 Aid agencies are sounding the alarm, warning of the potential for significant civilian

02:02 casualties in the upcoming Israeli offensive.

02:06 The UN Palestinian Refugee Agency expressed uncertainty about the duration it could operate

02:12 in such a high-risk operation.

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