Netanyahu orders the Israeli military to prepare for the evacuation of Rafah – Latest news – news

9 February 2024 at 15:36 Netanyahu orders the Israeli military to prepare for the evacuation of Rafah Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says on Friday that he has asked the military to create a plan to evacuate civilians from Rafah, while defeating the remaining Hamas battalions in the city. Reuters reports. Netanyahu said Wednesday that the IDF had to get ready to “operate in Rafah.” Netanyahu’s order comes at the same time as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is dealing with the genocide case against the country. The Court almost unanimously concluded that there is a danger of genocide in Gaza. Rafah is a city in the Gaza Strip, close to the Egyptian border. close to 1.5 million Palestinians, most of them internally displaced, are in the city. Many of them were forcibly moved there from northern Gaza. About half the people in the town are children.



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