Israeli airstrike kills 44 Palestinians hours after Netanyahu announces ground invasion

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Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 44 Palestinians in the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Saturday, only hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a ground invasion of the city.

Netanyahu did not release a timeline of the planned assault but instructed the military to oversee the evacuations of hundreds or thousands of people ahead of the invasion.

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