Netanyahu assures that a military offensive will take place in Rafah despite international pressure

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this would continue his offensive against Hamas in Gaza as ceasefire talks resumed today, Sunday.

Netanyahu has noted that Israel will advance towards Rafahthe last relatively safe place in the small, overpopulated enclave of Gaza after more than five months of war, despite international pressure on Israel to stop killing civilians.

After meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Jerusalem, he added that Israel do not leave citizens trapped in Rafah when his forces begin their attack.

Israel’s allies have the Busy to Netanyahu not to attack Rafah, where well over a million displaced people from other parts of the devastated enclave have taken refuge. Before this push, Netanyahu has criticized the “short memory” of the international community with the “Hamas attacks of October 7”.

Scholz: “We cannot see how Palestinians risk famine”

For his part, after last Sunday’s meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged the access of more humanitarian aid to Gaza and questioned Netanyahu about large number of citizens dead after more than five months of war in Gaza.

“We cannot stand by and watch Palestinians risk dying of hunger, that is not what we together represent,” Scholz told Netanyahu in the Israeli president’s office.

Scholz has also shown himself opposite to the ground invasion of Rafahthe last safe haven in the Gaza Strip with more than 1.4 million displaced people from Gaza and where, according to Israel, four Hamas battalions are still active.

Finally, Scholz also asked Netanyahu to have one greater flexibility He has said he understands the suffering of the relatives, who protest every weekend for the release of their loved ones.