Israel continues to increase pressure on Rafah, in the south of Gaza, and is still preparing an offensive in this city. Military operations could take place for another six to eight weeks, said four Israeli military officials.
Israel is preparing to launch a ground offensive on the town of Rafah if the hostages are not released by Ramadan, that is to say around March 10. More than a million Palestinian civilians are in fact refugees in the southern of the Gaza Strip, raising fears of a humanitarian catastrophe.