In an obvious attempt to delay this final attack on their terror stronghold, Hamas announced they were "agreeing" to a ceasefire.
Not the ceasefire deal that Israel agreed to, of course. No, they "agreed" to a ceasefire deal Israel had no part of.
Avi Mayer
@AviMayer
Let us all be very clear on what is happening right now:
Hamas has not agreed to any known proposal for a ceasefire.
Its announcement that it has agreed to "a ceasefire" is meaningless, an obvious ploy and delay tactic meant to prevent the imminent military operation in Rafah
Earlier, Israel dropped leaflets on Rafah instructing civilians to evacuate.
Now they've begun the bombing, in preparation for a ground (and underground) offensive.
Israeli warplanes pounded targets in Rafah, a city in southern Gaza, yesterday, as the military told about 110,000 people there to evacuate. Hours later, the political leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, said that the group had accepted a cease-fire proposal from Qatar and Egypt.
The full details of the proposal were unclear, but the conflict remains unresolved. Comments by Hamas and Israeli officials made it clear that Haniyeh was not referring to the plan that Israel had recently put forward.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said the proposal did not meet Israel's demands. Israel's war cabinet had also decided unanimously to "continue with its action in Rafah in order to exert military pressure on Hamas," Netanyahu's office said in a statement.
Biden is, of course, trying to save Hamas' terrorist leaders their just reckoning, to placate the pro-terrorist Democrat madrassas in Michiganistan.
More: Another "Biden win."