Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Thursday his rejection of international pressure to prevent movement in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

Netanyahu said on Thursday: “I will continue to resist pressure and we will enter Rafah to eliminate Hamas.”

A large number of Arab and Western countries - including the United States, Tel Aviv's ally - have expressed during the past weeks their rejection of the Israel's attempt to invade Rafah, which contains more than a million displaced people who fled the areas of the Gaza Strip as a result of the outbreak.