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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Emine Sinmaz in Jerusalem

Netanyahu reiterates intent to press on with ground offensive on Rafah

Displaced Palestinian family prepare food as they shelter at the border with Egypt
Residents at a temporary camp in Rafah. The town has become the last refuge for more than half of the strip’s population of 2.3 million Photograph: Mohammed Salem/Reuters

Benjamin Netanyahu appears determined to push ahead with a ground offensive against Gaza’s southernmost town of Rafah but has claimed Israel will provide safe passage to the 1.3 million displaced Palestinians sheltering there.

Despite mounting warnings from aid agencies and the international community that an assault on Rafah would be a catastrophe, Netanyahu has reiterated his intention to extend Israel’s military operation against Hamas. Hamas stated that a new advance into Rafah would “blow up” ongoing negotiations to return hostages in return for a ceasefire.

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