"Israeli Military Prepares to Enter Southern Gaza's Rafah"

Israel's defense minister has indicated that Israeli ground forces will advance towards the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, which has become a refuge for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by nearly 13 weeks of war. The city, described as a "pressure cooker of despair" by a U.N. official, is one of the last in southern Gaza that Israeli ground forces have not yet reached, raising concerns about potential battles in an area with a high concentration of displaced people.