Pressure growing for Rafah invasion


by The Jerusalem Post

The Jerusalem Post— A number of Israeli politicians, including from within Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party, issued on Sunday political threats in an attempt to pressure the prime minister to order an immediate invasion of the southern Gazan city of Rafah.The threats joined similar comments made during the past week, and indicate mounting public pressure amongst Israel's right-wing to stop negotiating with Hamas to release the Israeli hostages and instead push forwards with an attack on the final...

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