
ISRAELI forces bombed targets in Rafah early yesterday, hours after US officials had warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government against extending its Gaza ground offensive to the overcrowded southern city.
Mr Netanyahu said that he had ordered the military to prepare a plan for the evacuation of Rafah in the run-up to an expected ground invasion.
Meanwhile, Gaza’s Health Ministry said the Palestinian death toll had now passed 27,840, mostly women and children.

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