Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to swiftly launch plans for a controversial military offensive in the southern coastal city of Rafah despite ongoing negotiations on a ceasefire in the Gaza war. He will convene the cabinet, possibly as early as Sunday, to have the operational plan authorized, he announced on X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday evening. The plan will also include the forced removal of the affected civilian population. An advance by the Israeli military to Rafah, the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip, is considered highly problematic because around 1.5 million Pale…