Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu He stated that there is a date for the offensive against the city of Rafaha city in the southern Gaza Strip that Israel says is the last bastion of the Palestinian Hamas movement.
Netanyahu did not specify the date of the invasion, but reiterated that victory against Hamas “requires entering Rafah and eliminating the terrorist battalions there. This will happen, there is a date.”
Netanyahu thus seems to respond to the criticisms of his far-right partners in government, Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, who in the last few hours They issued warning messages to the president on the progress of the negotiations and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the south of the Strip.
“If Netanyahu decides to end the war without a global attack on Rafah, he will not have the mandate to serve as prime minister,” Ben Gvir, leader of the Jewish Power party and Minister of National Security, even said.
Palestinian boys at a fair in Rafah. Photo by AFPMeanwhile, a Hamas source confirmed that the group has received a proposed agreement that provides for the return of displaced people to Gaza, but not to their homes. but in refugee camps.
“We believe that the occupation is trying to buy time by pretending to make serious offers,” the source said, stressing that Hamas will not accept any agreement that does not include a ceasefire that leads to the end of the war, allowing the return of displaced people to their homes and the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces, as well as a substantial increase in humanitarian aid.
However, the source stressed that Hamas leaders in Gaza will discuss the proposal before giving a final answer.
Source: Clarin
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