“We have a disagreement with the Americans about the need to enter Rafah,” Netanyahu tells the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. “Not about the need to eliminate Hamas — the need to enter Rafah. We do not see a way to eliminate Hamas militarily without destroying these remaining battalions. We are determined to do it. ”

“I made it clear to the president in our conversation, in the clearest way, that we are determined to complete the elimination of these battalions in Rafah,” says Netanyahu. “There is no way to do it, except by going in on the ground.”