FALCON POWERS – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu toured the airspace over the Gaza Strip and reached a gathering of his soldiers near Rafah, where he declared, “The battle in Rafah is decisive to achieve victory against our enemy… The battle of Rafah is decisive and will settle many things in this campaign.”
He added, “We not only want to eliminate their battalions there… We want to eliminate their oxygen pipes for escape and supply (in reference to the tunnels).”