{"id":15630,"date":"2025-04-10T20:02:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T20:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=15630"},"modified":"2025-04-10T20:07:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T20:07:30","slug":"israel-begins-demolition-of-rafah-to-create-a-closed-buffer-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/10\/israel-begins-demolition-of-rafah-to-create-a-closed-buffer-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Begins Demolition of Rafah to Create a Closed Buffer Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-In a dangerous escalation, the Israeli occupation army has begun implementing an extensive plan to demolish the city of Rafah in southern Gaza and turn it into a completely closed &#8220;buffer zone&#8221;, as part of a systematic policy aimed at erasing the city entirely from the map of the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>This plan is the latest manifestation of what observers describe as a genocidal war targeting the population of Gaza since the resumption of aggression on March 18.<\/p>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-16\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[70rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(12)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"5fc97be4-685b-4c03-8eb6-f849142c0e40\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"497\" data-end=\"984\">According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the Israeli army leadership has devised a plan to transform the Rafah area\u2014which once housed around 200,000 Palestinians before the war\u2014into a militarized security zone where all civilian presence is prohibited. The report confirmed that the area between the Philadelphi Corridor and the Morag Axis represents about one-fifth of Gaza\u2019s total area, and is now almost completely depopulated due to the scale of destruction.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"23\" data-end=\"64\"><strong data-start=\"23\" data-end=\"64\">Sealing Gaza: A Prison Behind Borders<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"986\" data-end=\"1338\">The stated goal of this plan is to cut Gaza\u2019s access to the Egyptian border, under the pretext of stopping weapons smuggling to the resistance. However, analysts argue that this move is part of a long-term Zionist project to transform Gaza into a completely enclosed and isolated enclave\u2014cut off from the world and under direct <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/07\/un-65-of-gaza-now-inaccessible-due-to-israeli-military-orders\/\">Israeli<\/a> control.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ar\">\u0627\u0644\u0627\u062d\u0640 \u0640\u062a\u0640 \u0640\u0644\u0627\u0644 \u064a\u0634\u0631\u0639 \u0641\u064a \u0645\u062d\u0648 \u0645\u062f\u064a\u0646\u0629 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%AD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0631\u0641\u062d<\/a> \u0643\u0644\u064a\u0651\u0627 \u0645\u0646 \u062e\u0631\u064a\u0637\u0629 \u0642\u0637\u0627\u0639 \u063a\u0640 \u0640\u0632\u0629..<\/p>\n<p>\u0644\u064a\u062d\u0648\u0651\u0644\u0647 \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0633\u062c\u0646 \u0643\u0628\u064a\u0631 \u062f\u0627\u062e\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u064a\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0640 \u0640\u062d\u062a\u0644\u0651\u060c \u0644\u0627 \u064a\u0631\u0628\u0637\u0647 \u0623\u064a\u0651 \u0627\u062a\u0651\u0635\u0627\u0644 \u0623\u0631\u0636\u064a\u0651 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zN4y76uvXG\">pic.twitter.com\/zN4y76uvXG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0648\u0637\u0646. \u064a\u063a\u0631\u062f \u062e\u0627\u0631\u062c \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0631\u0628 (@watanserb_news) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/watanserb_news\/status\/1910112980391407915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1340\" data-end=\"1744\">The plan includes expanding the \u201cMorag Axis\u201d to a width of over a kilometer in some areas, as well as constructing permanent control and surveillance points, with orders to shoot anyone approaching the buffer zone. Military reports suggest that Netanyahu received a green light from Washington to proceed with this plan, amid deafening silence from both international and Arab actors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1746\" data-end=\"1985\">There is growing concern that Rafah could mark the beginning of a broader project to erase all forms of civilian life in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/07\/israeli-soldiers-reveal-kill-zone-tactics-in-gaza-mass-destruction-and-forced-evacuations\/\">Gaza<\/a>, turning the entire Strip into an open-air prison lacking the most basic elements of human existence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"absolute\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-In a dangerous escalation, the Israeli occupation army has begun implementing an extensive plan to demolish the city of Rafah in southern Gaza and turn it into a completely closed &#8220;buffer zone&#8221;, as part of a systematic policy aimed at erasing the city entirely from the map of the Gaza Strip. 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