The Israel Defense Forces announced on Sunday morning that it had finished its invasion stage of the war and is now turning its focus to a possible future invasion plan of Rafah in the deep south of the Gaza Strip, according to a April 7 report published by The Jerusalem Post.
High ranking IDF officials told the Israeli newspaper the move was unrelated to pressure from the White House or the accidental killing of seven aid workers last week.
The withdrawal is also timed just two days after Tel Aviv opened the Ashdod port and Erez Crossing to start delivering humanitarian aid to Gazans.
