A crowded street in Rafah, where many displaced Palestinians have trekked as the IDF's ground campaign moved south through Gaza.
Mandatory Credit:	Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images

A crowded street in Rafah, where many displaced Palestinians have trekked as the IDF's ground campaign moved south through Gaza.
Mandatory Credit: Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images

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Netanyahu directs Israeli military to draw plan to evacuate more than one million people from Rafah as offensive looms

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has directed the country’s military to plan for the “evacuation of the population” from Rafah, his office said in a statement on Friday, ahead of an anticipated ground assault on the southern Gaza city.