BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 31. Israel “approved
operational plans” for the operation in Rafah in the southern Gaza
Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a press
conference, Trend
reports.
According to him, the Israeli army is preparing to evacuate
civilians from this city.
“We will enter Rafah and destroy the remaining Hamas battalions
[there],” he added.
Netanyahu noted that “without entering Rafah and destroying the
Hamas battalions there, there will be no victory in the war in the
Gaza Strip.”