Netanyahu reiterates intent for ‘powerful’ offensive in Rafah

Published February 15, 2024 1:59pm ET



Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his country’s intent to carry out military operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah despite strong international preemptive condemnation.

More than a million displaced Palestinians are sheltering in Rafah after fleeing south when Israeli forces carried out operations in the northern part of Gaza. Israeli troops have moved south over the course of the war, but they still haven’t allowed Palestinians to move back north. Palestinians have been fleeing further and further south, but there is nowhere left to go because Rafah is near Gaza’s border with Egypt.

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