Netanyahu: We will take Rafah and achieve victory

Israeli military will provide safe passage for the civilian population’ ahead of an expected assault on the overcrowded southern Gaza city of Rafah .

Despite international alarm over the potential carnage in a city crammed with more than a million displaced Palestinians , the Israeli prime minister says.

“Victory is within reach. We're going to get the remaining Hamas terrorist battalions and Rafah , which is the last bastion,” he said in an interview.