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."