The threat of an Israeli incursion into Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah persisted Sunday, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promising “safe passage” to civilians displaced there. Despite international alarm over the potential for carnage in a city crammed with more than half of the Gaza Strip’s 2.4 million people, Netanyahu told ABC News: “We’re going to do it”. He conceded that he agreed “with the Americans” that the operation would need to first plan for the impact on civilians.
