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Israel bomb Gaza’s crowded Rafah as the US warns Netanyahu against sending in troops
Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza Strip, February 9, 2024

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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