Published 4 May 2024 at 07.56
Foreign. TheUS will not accept an Israeli ground invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza, because civilians cannot be reasonably evacuated from there. This is stated by the superpower's foreign minister, Anthony Blinken, in a speech in Arizona.
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According to information provided to the AP, this week Israel should have informed the US of its plan for how civilians to be evacuated from Rafah. But according to the United States, a functioning plan is still missing.
– Without such a plan, we do not support a major military operation in Rafah because the damage it would cause is beyond what is acceptable, says US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at an appearance in Arizona, according to AFP.
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