On Wednesday, three senior Israeli officials told Axios that a meeting was held between their respective governments and Egypt regarding plans for an Israeli Defense Force invasion into Rafah, the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip, where more than 1 million Palestinians are now forced to reside.

“Everyone is waiting for Netanyahu’s directive to start evacuating the civilian population from Rafah. It’s parked at his desk. He needs to resolve the matter with both the Americans and the Egyptians,” one senior Israeli official told the publication.

In March, President Joe Biden warned that an invasion of Rafah would be a “mistake.” However, last week, the White House noted that the U.S. and Israel have a “shared objective to see Hamas defeated in Rafah.”

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