Israel is setting up a complex system of checkpoints that will prevent men of “military age” from fleeing Rafah in preparation for its offensive on the southern Gaza border city, a senior western official familiar with Israel’s plans has told Middle East Eye on condition of anonymity.

The creation of gender-based checkpoints around Rafah would put a spotlight back on Israel’s practice of stripping and forcibly detaining male Palestinian men and children, as it faces rising scrutiny in the West of its conduct in the war.

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    6 months ago

    Not that this wouldn’t be a grotesque crime against humanity either way, but I’d be very interested to know what they consider “military age”.

    US “anti-terrorism” forces in the middle east set it as low as 14 and I wouldn’t expect the IDF to be LESS monstrous than the US military…

    One former Mossad official even said that all Gazan children older than 4 are “involved” and “Hamas supporters” and therefore deserve to be starved to death 🤬