Secretary of State: US can not support major military operation in Rafah

WORLD  19 April 2024 - 18:42

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that US President Joe Biden has been clear he cannot support a major military operation in Rafah, a day after US and Israeli officials met again to discuss Israel's battle plans for the southern Gazan city. 

It's imperative that people are able to get out of the way of any conflict and be supported with humanitarian assistance, Blinken said, and doing that in Rafah is a monumental task for which the US has yet to see a plan, according to The Jerusalem Post. 

"Even if people are largely out of harm's way, inevitably there's going to remain a pretty significant civilian population in Rafah," Blinken said. "And we believe that a major military operation with a large presence in the civilian population would have terrible consequences for that population."

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