This is a "limited operation," the official told the Times of Israel. "It is being implemented to pressure Hamas" into accepting a ceasefire proposal.
CNN also cited a source saying that the "limited Israeli operation into Rafah is intended to keep pressure on Hamas to agree to a deal."
Comment: Is this a 'limited operation', apparently consisting of cowardly airstrikes, because even Israeli officials have admitted that, after their failed ground invasion in Gaza, to attempt the same in Rafah would likely be a 'disaster' for the IDF?
Comment: Footage of the beginning of the carpet bombing; a map of the region; the protests in the West and the intentional, disproportionate use of force by the police: