Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said not going into Rafah would mean "losing the war".
A man walkING with bags of freshly bought bread in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Some 1.4 million people have fled to Rafah, amid Israel's military action in Gaza.
His bleak assessment came as Hamas threatened to suspend its involvement in truce talks unless relief supplies are brought into the north of the Gaza Strip, where aid agencies have warned of a looming famine. The hawkish premier was speaking as thousands of Israelis protested in Tel Aviv, accusing his government of abandoning Israeli hostages.
The power was cut and the generators stopped after the raid, leading to the deaths of six patients due to a lack of oxygen, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
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