The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation "Kan" reported that Tel Aviv informed a number of countries in the region and the United States that it was preparing for a military operation in the Rafah area.

The Kan report stated that after the request of both Egypt and the United States, the ground operation in Rafah would begin only after two conditions:

- A massive evacuation of residents from Rafah and its environs.

- An agreement between Israel and Egypt on Israeli military activity against the tunnels in the “Philadelphia” axis (Salah al-Din Axis).

The report added, “Israel has prepared a detailed plan, with an experimental model, that allows the return of tens of thousands of Gazans to northern Gaza, which is as follows:

- First, complexes will be set up in clinics and schools with bakeries.

- Later, a tent city will be set up nearby.

After that, food, water and humanitarian equipment will be brought in continuously from the Erez and Karni crossings in northern Gaza.

Then responsibility for the region will be transferred to local officials in Gaza, and the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Palestinian Territories will participate in implementing this step.

It was noted yesterday, Friday, that “the Israeli security apparatus has begun preparing a plan to evacuate residents from Rafah and is studying both possibilities:

- Evacuating citizens to Khan Yunis, north of Rafah, or allowing the return of a large number of Gazans to specific locations in northern Gaza.

The occupation forces intensified their targeting in the southern Gaza Strip, especially in the city of Rafah, where more than a million Palestinians were displaced to the region as a result of the Israeli military operation in the Strip.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also informed the War Council of the date of completion of the Israeli army’s operation in Rafah by the beginning of the month of Ramadan, corresponding to March 10, according to an Israeli official told CNN.

The government media office in Gaza warned of "a global catastrophe and massacre that could leave tens of thousands dead and wounded if Rafah Governorate is invaded by the Israeli army."

It is noteworthy that Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant and other Israeli officials announced in recent days that "the Israeli army will expand its ground operation to Rafah to dismantle the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military arm of Hamas, in the city of Rafah."