Defying Biden, Netanyahu Doubles Down on Plans to Fight in Rafah

TEL AVIV—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, raising the stakes in his widening rift with President Biden during a tempestuous election year, took his message directly to American voters in two television interviews Sunday, arguing that Israel must pursue Hamas in the southern Gaza city of Rafah until the militant group is destroyed. Netanyahu’s determination to crush the military power of Hamas, which Israel, the U.S. and other countries deem a terrorist organization, runs against increasing concern in the White House that Israel is pressing a military campaign that is causing a humanitarian crisis and has no clear resolution.