Israel’s war cabinet suggests it is determined to proceed with a full-scale ground offensive into Rafah.
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00:00Israel has rejected a ceasefire deal with Hamas, with officials criticising it as watered
00:07down and far from the country's basic demands.
00:11Details of what was in the proposal have been scarce, but it's believed to have included
00:16an exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners and the withdrawal of the Israeli
00:21military from Gaza.
00:24The news that Hamas had agreed to the proposal was met with jubilation on the streets of
00:29Rafah among Gaza's war-weary population.
00:47But just hours after Hamas agreed to the deal, Israel launched what it called targeted strikes
00:52against the group's positions in Rafah.
00:55More than 1.4 million Palestinians are sheltering in the city after being advised to relocate
01:01there by the Israeli military, who declared it a safe zone.
01:07Earlier in the day, the IDF ordered 100,000 Palestinians to evacuate to a humanitarian
01:13zone in the coastal municipality of al-Mawassi.
01:18Israel's war cabinet says it's determined to proceed with a full-scale ground offensive
01:22into Rafah to eliminate the Hamas battalions reportedly based there.
01:27Those plans have been met with fierce international criticism.
01:33Today's evacuation orders for East Rafah will only worsen the civilians' suffering.
01:39They are being instructed to relocate to al-Masawi, which is already overcrowded and lacking safety
01:46and essential humanitarian services.
01:49A mass evacuation on this scale is impossible to carry out safely.
01:55Meanwhile, protests have continued in Tel Aviv.
01:59Demonstrators are hoping to push the government to bring home the Israeli hostages from Gaza.
02:05Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would send a delegation to meet with
02:09negotiators to try to reach an agreement acceptable to both sides.