Netanyahu vows to carry out Rafah invasion despite US warning

The Palestinian death toll from the war has passed 33,200, with nearly 76,000 wounded, Gaza’s health ministry said

Palestinians walk through the destruction in the wake of an Israeli air and ground offensive in Khan Younis (Fatima Shbair/AP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has escalated his pledge to invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah, which is filled with around 1.4 million Palestinians – most of whom are displaced from other parts of the Gaza Strip.

“It will happen. There is a date,” Mr Netanyahu said in a video statement on Monday, without elaborating.