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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is insisting on attacking Rafah despite despite growing international criticism that it is the last refuge for more than 1 million people who have fled the war in the rest of the Gaza Strip. The army will “continue to act against all Hamas battalions in the entire Gaza Strip – and that includes Rafah, Hamas’ last stronghold,” Netanyahu said according to his office on Thursday evening. “Whoever tells us not to operate in Rafah is telling us to lose the war.” That will not happen, Netanyahu said, acknowledging that pressure to drop these plans was coming…

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