Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Rafah, a city in southern Gaza, just days before he was set to give a speech to the US Congress. The visit was announced hours after Israel's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, visited Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site. Ben-Gvir, an ultranationalist settler leader, said he went to the flashpoint site to pray for the return of Israeli hostages "without a reckless deal, without surrendering."
