Netanyahu says IDF is readying to fight next in Rafah

Speaking with reporters during a press conference in Jerusalem, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that after Khan Younis, “the main Hamas stronghold,” the IDF is readying to fight next in Rafah, Report informs, citing The Times of Israel.

Asked how the army can achieve an absolute victory if Israel is currently withdrawing forces, Netanyahu replied that “this is a process that takes time” and denied that Hamas is reestablishing itself in northern Gaza, where the IDF, he said, is engaged in ongoing raids to tackle the remaining “splinters.”

“There is no alternative to the military collapse [of Hamas]. There will not be a civilian collapse [of Hamas rule] without a military one,” he said.