INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
crowded southern Gazan city of Rafah and to defeat the last Hamas fighters there.His office announced the move as pressure mounted on Israel
over its threat to launch a ground assault on Rafah, the last refuge for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who are trapped in the city
after fleeing fighting elsewhere.U.S
consideration for civilians.Aid groups said there would be a high Palestinian death toll if Israeli forces stormed Rafah, and warned of the
Rafah and Israel could not achieve its goal of eliminating the Islamist militants while they remained there
Defence Forces) and the security establishment to submit to the Cabinet a combined plan for evacuating the population and destroying the
forces shift their offensive southwards in response to the Oct
occupied West Bank.An Israeli official who declined to be named said that Israel would try to organise for people in Rafah, most of whom
fled there from the north, to be moved back northwards within Gaza ahead of any military operation there.GAZAN CHILDREN ACUTELY
24 hours, and 67,459 injured.It has said many more could be buried under rubble from Israeli attacks since Hamas militants killed 1,200
people and took 253 hostages in the Oct
malnourished, according to initial U.N
statement, Israeli warplanes carried out new sorties in which Palestinian health officials said at least 15 people had been killed, eight of
northern and central Gaza to eliminate militant cells and destroy militant infrastructure.It says it takes steps to avoid civilian
casualties and accuses Hamas militants of hiding among civilians, including at schools, shelters and hospitals
deal to pause fighting to allow the release of hostages, increase the amount of humanitarian aid reaching Palestinian civilians, and
normalise relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia.Hamas this week proposed a ceasefire of 4-1/2 months, during which remaining hostages
in response to a proposal drawn up by U.S
