GAZA STRIP/CAIRO/DUBAI: Israel approved on Friday (Mar 15) a potential assault on the Gaza city of Rafah while also keeping ceasefire hopes alive with plans to send another delegation to Qatar for talks on
Palestinians perform first Friday prayers during Ramadan near the ruins of a destroyed mosque, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Mar 15, 2024.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said he had approved a plan to attack the city on the southern edge of the shattered Palestinian enclave where more than half of its 2.3 million residents are sheltering after five months of war.alike have urged Netanyahu to hold off attacking Rafah, for fear of mass civilian casualties. But Israel says it is one of the last strongholds of Hamas whom it has pledged to eliminate and that residents will be evacuated.
It also called for talks in a later stage on ending the war, seen as anathema to Israel which says it will negotiate only over a temporary truce. "We have to be honest with the public if we reach a deal that will return our boys and girls home, it will come at a cost, and a heavy one," he said.
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