At least if you are a media person, reporter like myself, you can fly in to Tel Aviv and book a beach hotel, or one in Jerusalem.
As you shop you can see the military at bus stations (in Israel that's how they get about)
I was refused entry to Gaza.
An "escorted" CNN team was let in last week, and there is a report circulating about the destruction of Rafah.. Rafah is partly demolished, partly due to Hamas booby traps and partly to IDF responses to Hamas small arms fire.
