An IDF operation in Rafah is necessary to achieve Israel’s war aims against Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte during their meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem.
Netanyahu also pushes back on the idea of unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state, saying it would be seen by Hamas as a victory, according to the Israeli readout of the meeting.
He tells Rutte, who is in Israel for the fourth time since the war started, that Israel will replace UNRWA, and thanks him for suspending aid to the UN refugee agency amid allegations of involvement in terror.
Netanyahu asks the Netherlands to join the maritime humanitarian corridor from Cyprus, which saw its first ship set sail yesterday.
Rutte will continue on to Egypt to meet with President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi.
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