[HIGHLIGHTS] Gaza: Netanyahu assures that there will be no operation in Rafah as long as the “population is locked in place”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday that Israel would not launch a military operation in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip. However, he will not accept a peace that makes Israel "weak" in the face of its neighbors in the Middle East.

The prospect of such an assault is feared by the international community in this city where nearly 1.5 million Palestinians are crowded together, according to the UN. The German Chancellor called on Sunday for a “hostage agreement and a lasting ceasefire” in the Gaza strip.