Netanyahu: “Not entering Rafah means losing the war”

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday he would not bow to international pressure to reach an agreement Military expansion of our country in Rafah,

“Those who want to stop us from acting in Rafah They’re basically telling us: let’s lose the war“Netanyahu announced.

This statement was made public after the meeting of several high-level international diplomats in Munich on Saturday. discuss the possibility of a ceasefire In the Gaza conflict.

speaks of a possibility Gaza ceasefire deal “has not progressed as expected”“This follows good progress in recent weeks, as announced by Qatar, a key mediator, during the Munich Security Conference.

press office of netanyahu published some photographs in which the Prime Minister rejected it saying “Will not follow international orders In a future agreement with the Palestinians.

“I have made it clear to Cabinet and I repeat it and emphasize it to the world tonight too: Agreement will be reached only through direct talks between the parties, without any pre-conditions,” he said.

Israeli Defense Minister said this on Friday Israel is “intensively planning” a military attack on the city of RafahIn southern Gaza.

President of the United States, Joe Biden, Israel urged Do not conduct operations without a “credible” plan to protect civilians And instead, the focus is on a ceasefire.

An estimated 1.4 million Palestinians, more than half of Gaza’s population, have gathered in Rafah, most of them displaced by fighting In other parts of the region.

Protest in Tel Aviv

netanyahu Pressure on this is also increasing from within the country. At a weekly march in Tel Aviv on Saturday, Thousands of protesters demanded the resignation of the current Israeli government,

Elad Nissim, one of the protesters, said this The country will have to change its government now. Through snap elections or a vote of no confidence in the Knesset.

strain was between protesters and riot police bigger than normalL, but no arrests were made.

Israeli attacks in central Gaza

it was reported More than 40 people died Following a series of airstrikes on the Deir al-Balah neighborhood in the central Gaza Strip.

According to Palestinian sources, the bombs fell near a hospital.

Israel Defense Forces said this A series of “operational command and control centers” were attacked Hamas in central Gaza.