.THE ISRAEL SUPPORT FORCES (IDF) are getting ready for an onslaught against the area of Rafah, in the most southern tip of Gaza. It is actually the final redoubt of Hamas-- but is also home to some 1.5 m changed Palestinians. Being afraid of a humanitarian catastrophe, also Israel's closest ally, United States, has alerted versus military operations certainly there. But Israel's head of state, Benjamin Netanyahu, insists that the IDF will go in. He states to possess a plan to defend civilians. One Israeli representative pointed out that the country was purchasing 40,000 outdoors tents to prepare for an evacuation. Israel contends that it has always followed International Altruist Rule (IHL) in Gaza. What exactly are its own obligations?