Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will soon end the intense stage of fighting in Gaza and will focus on targeted operations against Hamas.
"It will be very soon,” Netanyahu said when asked in a TV interview whether fighting in the southern city of Rafah will end in a month’s time.
It was his first interview with an Israeli media outlet since the Oct. 7 attacks, in which Hamas militants invaded southern Israel from Gaza, killing 1,200 people and kidnapping another 250. Hamas is considered a terrorist organization by the U.S. and the European Union.