Israel's Netanyahu says no power could stop ground attack on Rafah-Xinhua

Israel's Netanyahu says no power could stop ground attack on Rafah

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2024-04-09 20:56:16

Israeli troops are seen near the border with Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, on April 7, 2024. Israeli troops were withdrawn from southern Gaza in preparation for a possible operation in the city of Rafah, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Sunday. (Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua)

JERUSALEM, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel will launch an offensive against Hamas in Gaza's Rafah and "no power in the world" could prevent it.

The Israeli military will "complete the elimination of Hamas battalions, including in Rafah," Netanyahu told newly enlisted soldiers in a military base outside Tel Aviv.

He said that there has been an international effort to prevent the ground attack in the Palestinian city, but "there is no power in the world that could stop us."

He did not specify a date for the attack.

The United Nations and aid experts have repeatedly warned that any military operation in Rafah, Gaza's southernmost city where about 1.4 million people have been seeking refuge from bombardments in other areas, will result in an unacceptably high toll on Gaza's civilian population.  

People gather on the rubble of a destroyed building after an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on April 4, 2024.  (Photo by Khaled Omar/Xinhua)
A man grieves over the bodies of victims after an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on April 4, 2024.  (Photo by Khaled Omar/Xinhua)
People gather in front of a damaged building after an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on April 4, 2024.  (Photo by Khaled Omar/Xinhua)■

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