Israel has set a deadline for its long-planned offensive against Gaza's southern city of Rafah. Retired army general Benny Gantz, a member of the country's war cabinet, says Israeli troops will launch their assault next month, if Hamas doesn't free the remaining hostages by Ramadan. The Muslim holy month is expected to start on the 10th of March. Rafah is the last major Gazan city not to be invaded by ground troops during Israel's war against Hamas, which is widely considered a terror organization.

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