Netanyahu: Israel will continue to attack Gaza until war goals are achieved. “Those who discourage us from carrying out the operation in Rafah are inclining us to lose the war,” he concluded.

Earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed the opinion that the Israeli army's attacks on the city of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip are a consequence of the duplicitous policy pursued by Western countries. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said that the international community should not allow the Israel Defense Forces to conduct a military operation.