.THE ISRAEL SUPPORT FORCES (IDF) are preparing for an offensive versus the urban area of Rafah, in the southernmost pointer of Gaza. It is the final redoubt of Hamas-- yet is also home to some 1.5 m displaced Palestinians. Being afraid an altruistic misfortune, even Israel's closest ally, The United States, has actually notified against armed forces procedures certainly there. Yet Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, firmly insists that the IDF will enter. He states to have a plan to defend private citizens. One Israeli official stated that the country was actually buying 40,000 camping tents to prepare for an evacuation. Israel contends that it has regularly complied with International Humanitarian Legislation (IHL) in Gaza. Just what are its own responsibilities?