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Israeli forces will continue their Gaza military campaign to Rafah, the Israeli defence minister, Yoav Gallant has said, despite the huge numbers of Palestinian civilians there. In a Twitter post Gallant said:
The Khan Younis Brigade of the Hamas organization is disbanded, we will complete the mission there and continue to Rafah.
The great pressure that our forces exert on Hamas targets brings us closer to the return of the abductees, more than anything else [we can do].