“Israel” has unveiled a proposal to build a new city called “Green Rafah”, a move seen as an attempt to sidestep key obligations in the second phase of the ceasefire agreement signed on October 10, 2025.

The Rafah operation revealed Palestinian resistance remains strong, Israeli control is limited, and the Gaza conflict’s human cost continues.

Local accounts and satellite images reveal that Rafah, once a thriving city, has vanished from the map after Israeli forces evacuated residents to the north and began systematically demolishing it into ruins.

The unexpected and powerful emergence of Hamas fighters on January 19, 2025, during the prisoner exchange deal, left Israeli leaders and settlers in shock.

Despite Israeli officials' declarations of non-compliance with ICJ orders against "Israel," the ramifications of this decision by the UN's highest legal body, ordering Israeli forces to leave Rafah, are significant on multiple fronts.