Representatives of America, Egypt, Israel, and Qatar meet in Cairo to secure a ceasefire in Gaza. Fears of an Israeli army invasion of Rafah are growing. Binyamin Netanyahu considers it necessary for 'total victory'.
As talks accelerate in the Middle East , the threat is building of a new and devastating level of violence. On February 13th representatives of America, Egypt, Israel and Qatar met in Cairo to try to secure a six-week ceasefire in Gaza and a release of hostages by Hamas. Simultaneously fears have been building for days of a massive Israeli army invasion of Rafah , Gaza ’s southernmost city that is hemmed along the border with Egypt, where 1m or more Palestinian are located.
Any expansion of the fighting will have devastating consequences for civilians, detonate Israel’s relationship with Egypt and exhaust American patience. Yet Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, says it may be necessary in order to achieve “total victory”. Which impulse—the push for a ceasefire or the push to escalate—will win out? Mr Netanyahu’s emphasis on Rafah is in part an attempt to boost his standing by promising Israelis a decisive result in the wa
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