{"id":44526,"date":"2024-05-06T23:12:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T23:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/06\/tuesday-briefing-israel-orders-rafah-evacuations\/"},"modified":"2024-05-06T23:12:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T23:12:27","slug":"tuesday-briefing-israel-orders-rafah-evacuations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/06\/tuesday-briefing-israel-orders-rafah-evacuations\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Briefing: Israel Orders Rafah Evacuations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/05\/07\/multimedia\/07ambriefing-asia-nl-rafah2-fvzw\/07ambriefing-asia-nl-rafah2-fvzw-facebookJumbo.jpg?fit=1050,550&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tuesday Briefing: Israel Orders Rafah Evacuations\" title=\"Tuesday Briefing: Israel Orders Rafah Evacuations\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-9ycfei eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-76490610\">Israel ordered a partial evacuation of Rafah<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Israeli warplanes pounded targets in Rafah, a city in southern Gaza, yesterday, as the military told about 110,000 people there to evacuate. Hours later, the political leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, said that the group had accepted a cease-fire proposal from Qatar and Egypt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The full details of the proposal were unclear, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/06\/world\/middleeast\/israel-rafah-hamas-ceasefire.html\" title=\"\">but the conflict remains unresolved<\/a>. Comments by Hamas and Israeli officials made it clear that Haniyeh was not referring to the plan that Israel had recently put forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s office said the proposal did not meet Israel\u2019s demands. Israel\u2019s war cabinet had also decided unanimously to \u201ccontinue with its action in Rafah in order to exert military pressure on Hamas,\u201d Netanyahu\u2019s office said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Thousands of people were leaving Rafah yesterday, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society, which said that there had been \u201cescalating Israeli airstrikes\u201d in areas east of the city. A <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/05\/06\/world\/israel-gaza-war-hamas\/fears-and-prices-soar-in-rafah-after-israels-evacuation-order?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">sense of panic<\/a> coursed through the city, as prices for food and fuel skyrocketed. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Context:<\/strong> Israel seems set to invade Rafah, despite pressure from the country\u2019s closest allies, including the U.S., arguing that doing so would take a heavy toll on civilians. An Israeli military spokesman would not say when troops might enter the city, but described the evacuation as part of Israel\u2019s plans to dismantle Hamas and to free hostages taken on Oct. 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">U.S. campus protests:<\/strong> Columbia University <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/06\/nyregion\/columbia-commencement-cancel-protests.html?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">canceled its main commencement ceremony<\/a> after weeks of student protests over the war.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\"\/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-9ycfei eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-dd9dca4\">Russia said it would hold tactical nuclear weapon drills<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Russia said that it would hold military exercises with troops near Ukraine to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/06\/world\/europe\/russia-tactical-nuclear-weapons-drills.html\" title=\"\">practice for the possible use of battlefield nuclear weapons<\/a>. The move increases tensions with the West and was Russia\u2019s most explicit warning that it could use such weapons in Ukraine. NATO called the announcement \u201cirresponsible.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Russian officials claimed the exercises were in response to comments from the West. The Kremlin\u2019s spokesman directly referenced a recent interview with President Emmanuel Macron of France, in which he repeated his refusal to rule out the possibility of sending French troops to Ukraine, and alluded to comments made by the British foreign minister.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Details:<\/strong> These nuclear weapons, often referred to as \u201ctactical,\u201d are designed for battlefield use and have smaller warheads than the ones meant to target cities.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\"\/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-9ycfei eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-3b51378\">E.U. leader\u2019s tough line on Ukraine with Xi Jinping<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/06\/world\/europe\/xi-macron-europe-trade-war.html\" title=\"\">pressured China to help resolve the war in Ukraine<\/a> yesterday during President Xi Jinping\u2019s visit to France. She said Beijing should \u201cuse all its influence on Russia to end its war of aggression\u201d and said Xi had played \u201can important role in de-escalating Russia\u2019s irresponsible nuclear threats.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trade:<\/strong> China\u2019s manufacturing boom and flagging domestic demand also came up. Tensions are rising in Europe over a massive export push from China, and von der Leyen took a firm line, saying, \u201cThe world cannot absorb China\u2019s surplus production.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-55bd377a\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">MORE TOP NEWS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Generations of immigrants to New York City have <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/05\/nyregion\/soccer-migrants-corona-queens.html\" title=\"\">played soccer on Sundays at a park in Queens<\/a>. 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