Israel will resist pressure to halt Rafah attack, says Netanyahu

Prime minister vows to continue offensive as Hamas delegation withdraws from ceasefire talks

Israel will not give in to international pressure to stall an attack on the southern Gaza city of Rafah and will continue its bloody offensive against Hamas, said Benjamin Netanyahu.

There is international pressure and it's growing, but ... we need to stand together against the attempts to stop the war," the prime minister told a military graduation ceremony in southern Israel on Thursday. saying that Israel's forces would operate against Hamas all through the Gaza Strip including Rafah, the last Hamas stronghold".