Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to threaten to invade Rafah, where about 1.5 million displaced Palestinians are gathered, while CNN quoted a number of Israeli officials today, Monday, as saying that an Israeli attack on Rafah is not imminent.

According to these officials, the Israeli army has not yet mobilized the necessary forces to invade Rafah and has not finalized plans to evacuate civilians from the city.

They added that it is possible to mobilize Israeli army forces to invade Rafah within a short time, while a large operation to evacuate civilians is expected to take at least two weeks.

Officials at the military and political levels said that the Israeli war cabinet has not yet signed the plans presented by the army for the evacuation and invasion.

Israeli officials warned that an attack on Rafah during the month of Ramadan is not unlikely.