Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has assured the hundreds of thousands of civilians seeking protection in the city of Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza Strip of a “safe corridor” ahead of the planned ground offensive there. “We’re not cavalier about this,” Netanyahu said in an interview with the US broadcaster ABC News, excerpts of which were reported by the broadcaster overnight. The Israeli military said it will provide a “safe passage for the civilian population so they can leave.” When asked where the more than one million Palestinians in the city bordering Egypt should go, N…