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Israeli Forces Seize Key Gaza Crossing
(Wall Street Journal) Anat Peled - Israel took control of the Rafah crossing linking Gaza to Egypt on Tuesday morning after it warned civilians in the eastern part of Rafah to evacuate to zones in the west. The Israeli military said a "vast amount of people" had heeded its call to evacuate eastern Rafah ahead of the operation. During the operation, 20 militants were killed, tunnel shafts were discovered, and an explosive-laden car driving toward Israeli troops was struck. No Israeli soldiers were injured, Israel's military said. "The Philadelphi Corridor, which runs the length of the Gaza-Egypt border, is much more important than the four battalions of Hamas that you have in Rafah," said Ofer Shelah, a military analyst with the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. "Hamas has been resupplying itself and reinforcing itself mainly from the Sinai desert."