Moment Israeli tanks storm into Rafah and crush ’I love Gaza’ sign in fight to ‘eliminate Hamas’

POV footage showed the moment Israeli tanks stormed into Rafah crushing an ’I Love Gaza’ sign as the IDF began a ground offensive against the remaining batallions of Hamas terrorists in the Gazan city. After Hamas had rejected what US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called an ’extraordinarily generous’ deal, the terror group later came back with fresh terms. Israel said it couldn’t accept these terms, arguing this would have meant an end to the war and a situation which would leave Hamas in power. Israel’s defensive military operation in Gaza was launched after Hamas murdered 1200 Israelis, carried out numerous rapes and took around 240 hostages on October 7 2023. Hamas fired another barrage of rockets at Israel from Gaza ahead of the Rafah offensive. Read more: Watch moment Israeli tank crushes ‘I love Gaza’ sign as IDF seize control of Rafah crossing ahead of invasion