A coalition partner has threatened to pull support from the prime minister should he fail to attack the Palestinian city Israeli Prime Min
A coalition partner has threatened to pull support from the prime minister should he fail to attack the Palestinian city
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his government has set a date for a major ground operation in Rafah, the last remaining Palestinian shelter in Gaza.
The Israeli leader is under pressure both from close ally the US, which sees the promised offensive as a major threat to civilians, and from members of his own coalition, who demand military action. Some 1.3 million people, most of them displaced from other parts of the Palestinian enclave, are estimated to be crammed into the city, which is located at Gaza’s border with Egypt.
In a short video statement on Monday night, the prime minister said that achieving a victory over the militant group Hamas «requires entry into Rafah and the elimination of the terrorist battalions there.
