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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem and Julian Borger in Washington

Netanyahu vows to press ahead with Rafah offensive as ceasefire talks continue

People evacuate from Rafah on Wednesday.
People evacuate from Rafah on Wednesday. More than a million Palestinians are sheltering in the city. Photograph: Mohammed Saber/EPA

Negotiations involving multiple countries and high-level delegations on a Gaza ceasefire deal have entered a second day in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, as mediators struggle to make progress in the face of a threatened Israeli offensive on Rafah, the Palestinian territory’s last place of relative safety.

Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to press ahead with an offensive, but only after civilians are allowed to leave the “battle zones”.

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