.THE ISRAEL PROTECTION FORCES (IDF) are planning for an onslaught against the metropolitan area of Rafah, in the most southern suggestion of Gaza. It is the final redoubt of Hamas-- but is actually likewise home to some 1.5 m displaced Palestinians. Being afraid of a humanitarian mishap, also Israel's closest ally, United States, has cautioned against army procedures certainly there. However Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, firmly insists that the IDF will certainly enter. He professes to possess a strategy to shield civilians. One Israeli authorities said that the country was getting 40,000 outdoors tents to plan for an evacuation. Israel disputes that it has consistently followed International Humanitarian Legislation (IHL) in Gaza. Just what are its own commitments?