Netanyahu again rejects international calls to halt Gaza War

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has again rejected calls for an end to the Gaza War for as long as Israel's objectives remain unmet. "If we end the war now, before our goals have been achieved, this will mean that Israel has lost the war," Netanyahu said in Jerusalem at the start of the regular Israeli cabinet meeting on Sunday. He added that he would not permit this. Israel would not submit to international pressure on the issue, Netanyahu said, making clear that he was sticking to plans for the Israeli military to enter Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip to eliminate Hamas units shelteri...