Netanyahu rejects Biden's request to cancel ground attack on Rafah in Gaza
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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu rejected US President Biden's request to cancel the planned ground attack on Rafah in Gaza, citing the need to destroy Hamas militants hiding there.
The Israeli Prime Minister has rejected the US President's request to cancel the ground assault on Rafah in Gaza. This was reported by Reuters, according to UNN.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused US President Joe Biden's request to cancel the planned ground assault on Rafah, the last refuge in Gaza for more than a million displaced people.
Israel believes that Hamas militants have taken refuge in the area.
Consequently, Netanyahu told lawmakers that Israel intends to complete the liquidation of these battalions and there is no other way to do so than to go to the ground.
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White House spokeswoman Karin Jean-Pierre announced that representatives of the United States and Israel may meet in Washington early next week to discuss the military operation.
