Netanyahu promises 'safe passage' to Palestinians ahead of Rafah operation
The Hindu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promises "safe passage" to civilians displaced in Gaza's southernmost town of Rafah.
The threat of an Israeli incursion into Gaza's southernmost town of Rafah persisted on Sunday, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised "safe passage" to civilians displaced there.
In an interview airing on Sunday, Mr. Netanyahu reiterated his intention to extend Israel's military operation against Hamas into Rafah.
Despite international alarm over the potential for carnage in a place crammed with more than half of the Gaza Strip's 2.4 million people, Netanyahu told ABC News: "We're going to do it".
"We're going to do it while providing safe passage for the civilian population so they can leave," he said, according to published extracts of the interview.
It remains unclear however, where the large number of people pressed up against the border with Egypt and sheltering in makeshift tents can go.
When asked, Mr. Netanyahu would only say they are "working out a detailed plan".
As Israeli forces have pushed steadily southwards, Rafah has become the last major population centre in Gaza that troops have yet to enter, even as it is bombarded by air strikes almost daily.
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