The prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahuhas rejected this Friday the latest proposal presented by the Hamas for a ceasefire in Gaza Strip and has approved an Army plan to launch a ground offensive against the city of Rafahlocated on the border with Egypt.

Netanyahu’s office has indicated that the Palestinian Islamist group’s demands “remain absurd” and has confirmed the sending of a delegation to Qatar to continue diplomatic contacts to try to reach an agreement, although it has approved the offensive plan against Rafah, amid warnings from the international community against this possibility.

“The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are prepared for the operation and to evacuate the population”Netanyahu’s office said after a meeting of the war cabinet created after the attacks carried out on October 7 by Hamas, as reported by the newspaper ‘The Times of Israel’.

The United Nations and various non-governmental organizations have warned against an Israeli offensive against Rafah, where they are currently located. about 1.5 million peoplemost of them displaced from other parts of the Strip, mired in a very serious humanitarian crisis.

Hours earlier, Hamas had claimed to have given mediators a “comprehensive vision” of a ceasefire agreement with Israel that aims to end of military offensive against Gaza and the return of internally displaced people to their homes, according to the newspaper ‘Filastin’, linked to the Palestinian Islamist group.

The Israeli Army launched an offensive against the Gaza Strip after the aforementioned attacks, which left 1,200 dead and 240 kidnapped. Since then, the Gazan authorities have reported the deaths of nearly 31,500 people, including some 420 Palestinians killed in the West Bank and East Jerusalem due to the actions of the security forces and attacks by Israeli settlers.