With the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahuthe president of the United States will speak by phone today, Joe Bidenat a time when Israel is preparing for a broad attack on Rafa, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
The upcoming Biden-Netanyahu communication was announced by the White House today.
“We have made clear to the Israeli government our views on a large-scale ground invasion of Rafah and the president will speak to the prime minister today,” a National Security Council spokesperson told AFP.
Palestinian Authority: Urges US to block Rafah invasion
At the same time, presidency of the Palestinian Authority today called on the US to prevent the invasion of Rafah by the Israeli army, which this morning called on residents of several neighborhoods in this city in the south of the Gaza Strip to evacuate.
“We call on the US administration to intervene to prevent these massacres, for which we warn that there will be dangerous consequences”, says the Palestinian presidency, as reported by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, clarifying that the Palestinian Authority has intensified “intensive” talks with international partners toin this matter.
Earlier, Hamas said in a statement that any attack on Rafah would not amount to a “walk-in” for Israeli forces and indicated that it was fully prepared to defend Palestinians there.
In turn, Hamas official Izzat al-Rasiq said today that any Israeli military operation in the city of Rafah, in southern Gaza, would jeopardize the truce negotiations.
With information from APE-MPE, Reuters, AFP