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ISRAELI troops will move into Rafah immediately on the instruction of PM Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a senior Israeli defence official.
The military is reportedly fully prepared to take the southern Gaza Strip city and to wipe out Hamas’ “final holdout”.
It is not known when exactly Israel will launch a ground offensive in the border city, but a spokesperson for Netanyahu’s government has said Israel is “moving ahead” with its plan to invade.
The defence official told Reuters that Israel’s military is poised to evacuate civilians from Rafah and to assault Hamas’ final stronghold.
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