Israeli Ministry of Defense purchase of 40,000 tents before the evacuation of the city of RafahThe southern Gaza Strip, which Israel has said it plans to attack to destroy the Hamas group’s remaining battalions, was reported Tuesday, Israeli media reported Tuesday.

There was no immediate confirmation of the purchase from the Ministry of Defense, which, according to the newspaper, Jerusalem Postone of those who reported this news, there was a leak without an official announcement.

There was news about the planned purchase of tents, each of which is designed for 12 people. one of the first signs of concrete preparations for the evacuation from Rafahwhere more than a million Palestinians are sheltering.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly announced his plans to invade Rafah, the last remaining city in the Gaza Strip. which was not subject to serious ground attack.

Army says four Hamas battalions remain in Rafah, as well as an unknown number of senior commanders of the Islamist movement. Israel has noted in the past that Hamas battalions about 1000 fighters each.

Before any attack The army said it would evacuate civilians to so-called “humanitarian islands” in the center of Gaza, where food, water and medical services will be available.

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Plans to attack Rafah have drawn widespread condemnation and even the United States, Israel’s closest ally, warned Netanyahu that the country would face global isolation if it went ahead.

Israel’s Gaza campaign, which was launched following a Hamas attack on Israel that left more than 1200 people and more than 250 were taken hostage in October last year reduced the enclave to ruins and displaced most of the population.

(Reuters)