Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the preparations for an offensive in the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip will “take a little time”. In a video address on Wednesday, the head of government said that he had told US President Joe Biden during their last phone call that it was not possible “to complete the victory without the IDF entering Rafah in order to eliminate the remnants of Hamas’s battalions.” Netanyahu reiterated that he had already approved the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) operational plan for Rafah, “and soon we will also approve the plan to evacuate the civilian populat…