EgyptDailyNews - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that “there is no power in the world” that can prevent Israeli forces from entering Rafah to eliminate members of the Hamas movement, which he said were present there.

He added, during a recruitment ceremony at a military base: “We will complete the elimination of Hamas brigades, including in Rafah. There is no force in the world that can stop us.”

He continued: "Many powers are trying to do this, but it will be of no use, because this enemy, after what it did, will not do it again, and will disappear from existence."

Earlier this week, Netanyahu said that a date had been set for the Rafah operation, but did not specify when it would begin. The Israeli Prime Minister also added during the ceremony: “We have 3 goals: the first is to return all the kidnapped people, the second goal is to eliminate Hamas, and the third goal is to ensure that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel.”

He continued: "There is a fourth goal, which is that Hamas is part of the Iranian axis of evil that aims to destroy us. When we defeat Hamas, this does not only mean defeating Hamas, but defeating the axis."