Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said the Israeli army would be prepared to make compromises in the event of an agreement on the release of hostages during the offensive in Rafah. “But if this option is cancelled, we will continue and deepen the operation,” Gallant said, according to his office on Tuesday evening. He said that applied to the whole of the Gaza Strip and that the military pressure would lead to the destruction of Hamas. On Monday, Gallant ordered the army to advance to Rafah and take over the border crossing. Israel’s military took over checks of the border crossing on the …