[UPDATE-Day 160-Mar 14-23:00Z] Israel-Hamas War, The Iran Threat: Real Time Reaction and Analysis

IDF inching closer to Rafah op, Gallant hints during Gaza visit

“Even those who think that we are delaying will soon see that we will reach everyone,” the defense minister Yoav Gallant told troops in Gaza City.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, during a visit to the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, seemed to indicate that the Israel Defense Forces operation against Hamas battalions in the southernmost city of Rafah will happen “soon.” – “Even those who think that we are delaying will soon see that we will reach everyone,” he told IDF troops serving in the western part of Gaza City, according to a readout provided by the Defense Ministry.

Gallant added that “extraordinary work is being done here above and below ground, the forces reach everywhere and the conclusion is that there is no safe place in Gaza for terrorists. We will bring to justice anyone who was involved in Oct. 7th—we will either eliminate them or bring them to trial in Israel. There is no safe place, not here, not outside of Gaza, not across the Middle East,” he said. Gallant spoke after the military announced that a Hamas terrorist responsible for many rocket attacks on the Jewish state, including on Oct. 7th, was killed in an airstrike in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza.

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⚡[UPDATE-Day 160-Mar 14-23:00Z] Prime Minister Netanyahu visits the soldiers of Nitzan Unit 636

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