Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Year : 2, Issue : 20
The US has assessed that Israel has amassed enough troops on the edge of the southern Gaza city of Rafah for a large-scale military offensive in the coming days, CNN reported Monday.
Two senior administration officials told CNN they are unsure whether Israel has made a final decision to carry out such a move in direct defiance of President Joe Biden.
According to CNN, one of the officials warned that Israel has not come anywhere close to making adequate preparations including building infrastructure related to food, hygiene and shelter ahead of potentially evacuating more than one million Palestinians in Rafah.
The White House has been expressing concern over an invasion of Rafah, where more than 1 million civilians from other parts of Gaza have been sheltering since last October’s attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on Israel.
Recently, Biden said in an interview with CNN that he would not supply offensive weapons that Israel could use to launch an all-out assault on Rafah.
More than seven months into the Israeli war, vast swathes of Gaza lay in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water and medicine.
Source: Anadolu Agency
