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Diplomatic source: Rafah fighting continues as planned despite humanitarian pause
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, June 8, 2024. (Tomer Appelbaum/POOL/Flash90)
Upon hearing the military’s announcement of an 11-hour humanitarian pause on a key road in the southern Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu contacted his military secretary and “made it clear that this is not acceptable to him,” a diplomatic source says.
“After an inquiry, the prime minister was informed that there was no change in IDF policy and that the fighting in Rafah continues as planned,” the source adds.