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The American Secretary of State fears that the plan currently being considered by Israel in Rafah will ultimately create a return of the terrorist organization.
A major Israeli offensive in Rafah would provoke “chaos” And “the anarchy”, without eliminating Hamas, alerted American Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday, maintaining the pressure on Israel. The plan currently being considered by Israel in Rafah “risks causing enormous damage to the civilian population without resolving the problem”estimated the head of American diplomacy on NBC.
According to him, an Israeli intervention in Rafah would risk creating “chaos”, “the anarchy”and ultimately, a return of Hamas. “We have seen Hamas return to the areas that Israel liberated in the North, even in Khan Younes”a ruined town near Rafah, assured the Secretary of State.
Taking American concerns into account
The United States has publicly threatened to suspend the delivery of certain categories of weapons to its ally Israel, including artillery shells, if Israel launches a major offensive in the crowded town of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. , which President Joe Biden opposes. Concerns reiterated by the American national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, during an interview on Sunday with his Israeli counterpart Tzahi Hanegbi, according to a White House press release. According to the American executive, the latter confirmed that Israel “took the concerns of the United States into account”.
Asked whether the United States considered that more civilians had been killed in Gaza than Hamas members, Antony Blinken responded “Yes”Sunday on CBS.
Antony Blinken also spoke on Sunday with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and reiterated American opposition to a major ground operation in Rafah, the State Department reported. The Secretary of State “stressed the urgent need to protect civilians and aid workers in Gaza and urged the Minister (Gallant) to ensure that aid can enter Gaza”State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement.
The Hamas Ministry of Health announced a new death toll of 35,034 in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement.
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