Seizing Rafah passage is a "very important step" says Netanyahu

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On Gaza’s southern border with Egypt, Israeli tanks from the 401st Armoured Brigade unfurled the Star of David on Tuesday morning, marking the apparent culmination of a ground invasion that began more than six months ago. The night before, Hamas had announced that it had accepted a ceasefire proposal negotiated via Egyptian and Qatari intermediaries. But Binyamin Netanyahu, egged on by extremist members of his coalition government and fearful of his own political future, proceeded with plans to eliminate the four remaining Hamas battalions holed up in Rafah — and received the backing of the Israeli war cabinet for the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) operation. Read the best of our journalism: www.thetimes.co.uk/ Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonli… Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/thetimes/ #rafah #hamas #idf #netanyahu