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Yeah. You can tell all the Hamas supporting govts are getting very upset. Egypt especially is getting really upset. They really are worrying this is the end of the extremely lucrative smuggling operations going on, mostly paid for by our tax dollars.

I suspect the Biden administration was getting a ton of pressure from Egypt to force Israel not to go into Rafah, which is why this took so long. But hats off to Biden for realizing this never gets better, and it only gets worse, if we acquiesce to the terrorist supporters. And for finally realizing all the negotiations were just complete bad faith; and the terror pipeline needed to be shut down regardless of the outrage of Hamas supporters.

How long should it take to clear Rafah of Hamas weapon stockpiles and hamas personnel?

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Dont know how true it is, but reports of live fire between Israel and Egypt troops at the Rafah border crossing. Looks like Egypt is working with Hamas to do whatever it takes to get Israel out of Rafah and take back control of the smuggling tunnels and weapons depots.

Israel might also be getting too close to something important Egypt doesn't want them to find; maybe a major smuggling tunnel network.

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How long should it take to clear Rafah of Hamas weapon stockpiles and hamas personnel?

They are reporting some of the tunnels are up to 15 stories deep. And possibly go underground deep into Egypt before they pop out. I am not sure such a task is even possible.

I also dont think Biden has given Israel the green light to do this. And may never. Way too much pressure from the international community, including much of Europe, that support Hamas.

The real tragedy is Hamas being defanged is the best hope for the Palestinian people to re-organize their society into something that could actually be functional in decades. But no one actually cares about the people (especially people like Sisi and Erdogan), they are just geopolitical pawns.

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https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-803734

Knesset to hold preliminary vote designating UNRWA a terror organization
“Without a shadow of a doubt, the UNRWA agency proved on October 7 that it is a terrorist organization that is no different from the terrorist organization Hamas."