Israel’s war on Gaza updates: No victory without Rafah operation – Netanyahu
By Al JazeeraPublished 2024-02-16 17:00Updated 2024-03-17 05:11Source: Al Jazeera
U.S. President Biden attends a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on October 18, 2023. [Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters/File]
Israeli PM Netanyahu vows Rafah operation will happen and over 1.4 million displaced will be moved north to Khan Younis, even as fighting continues to rage there.
Eight Palestinians killed in Israeli army strikes on homes in the al-Zawaida and Deir el-Balah refugee camps, with dozens more wounded.
Hamas political chief says the “resistance will not agree to anything less” than a lasting ceasefire, troop withdrawal, and end to the “total siege” of Gaza.
US President Biden says he hopes Israel “will not make any massive land invasion” of Rafah, and “my expectation [is] that’s not gonna happen”.
Israel’s attacks on Gaza have killed at least 28,858 Palestinians and wounded 68,667 since October 7. The death toll in Israel from the October 7 Hamas-led attacks stands at 1,139.
