Israeli forces take control of Rafah border crossing in Gaza

ShareIDF says its forces have taken control of the Rafah border crossingIsraeli tank forces have taken control of the Gaza side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, the Israeli Defense Forces said, in what it called a “precise counterterrorism operation.”“Following intelligence that indicated that the Rafah Crossing in eastern Rafah was being used for terrorist purposes, IDF troops managed to establish operational control of the Gazan side of the crossing,” the IDF said in a statement.The IDF did not provide evidence to immediately support the assertion, though it alleged the…