[Live] Benyamin Netanyahu promises civilians in Rafah a “secure” evacuation

The threat of an Israeli offensive persists on Sunday against Rafah, a town in the south of the Gaza Strip where Hamas fears " 

tens of thousands of deaths

 " among the civilian population who will benefit from " 

secure passage 

" to leave, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Palestinians search for survivors in the rubble of a residential building in Rafah hit by an Israeli strike on February 10, 2024. AP - Hatem Ali

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What you must remember

■ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the army to develop a plan to 

evacuate civilians from Rafah

, where he plans to

 launch a " 

massive operation

 "

 and defeat the last Hamas battalions. After Gaza City, then Khan Younes, Israel is now targeting a ground operation in this city adjoining Egypt, in the far south of the Gaza Strip, as part of its military offensive against the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas.

■ Hamas warned on Saturday that an offensive on Rafah could cause

“

tens of thousands of deaths and injuries

 ”

in this city, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are refugees that the Israeli Prime Minister wants to evacuate, causing concern abroad. Benyamin Netanyahu, however, promised the civilians of Rafah a “

secure

” evacuation

 .

■ The Israeli army and internal security agency also claimed on Saturday to have discovered

a Hamas tunnel in Gaza City under the headquarters of the UN agency

for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). The organization, which Israel accuses of being " 

totally infiltrated

 " by the Islamist movement, stressed that the building had been evacuated on October 12.

■ According to the latest report from the Hamas Ministry of Health, communicated this Saturday February 10, 

28,064 people have been killed in Gaza

 since the start of the war on October 7, 2023. It reported a total of 117 deaths in the last 24 hours. The victims are mostly women, adolescents and children. There are also

 67,611 injured

.

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5:20 a.m.: Benyamin Netanyahu promises civilians in Rafah a “secure” evacuation

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Israeli army will provide " 

safe passage

 " before the planned assault on the Gaza Strip town of Rafah, in an interview with a US channel to be broadcast on Sunday. More than 1.3 million Palestinians have taken refuge there and the international community is concerned about their protection while Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the army to prepare an offensive on Rafah.

“

 Victory is within reach. We are going to do it. We are going to take the last terrorist battalions of Hamas and Rafah, which is the last bastion

 ,” declared the Israeli Prime Minister in the program “This Week with George Stephanopoulos”, on the ABC News channel which will be broadcast on Sunday and of which excerpts were published on Saturday evening. “ 

We will do this while ensuring safe passage for the civilian population so that they can leave

 ” the scene, he added. “ 

We are developing a detailed system to achieve this

 ,” he clarified, “ 

we are not approaching this casually 

.” He mentioned areas north of Rafah that have been cleared and could be used as safe zones for civilians, he said.

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