“Must be completed before March 10th, when Ramadan begins”
Concerns over massacre of civilians with nowhere to go… The US is also against it
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a military operation to be completed by the 10th of next month, predicting a large-scale ground battle in the Rafah area, southern Gaza Strip, Palestine.
According to the Times of Israel (TOI) and CNN on the 10th (local time), Prime Minister Netanyahu said at a recent War Cabinet meeting, “The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Rafah (military) operation must be completed before March 10, when Ramadan begins. “He ordered.
Ramadan is the Islamic month of fasting. It is the 9th month of the Islamic calendar, and this year it runs from March 10 to April 8.
Prime Minister Netanyahu said the previous day, “A ‘large-scale military operation’ is inevitable in Rafah to completely eradicate Hamas (the armed faction in the Gaza Strip that carried out a surprise attack on Israel in October last year),” and ordered the military to “prepare a plan to evacuate civilians from Rafah.” did.
Rafah is the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip, bordering Egypt. It is estimated that more than 1.3 million people, more than half of the 2.3 million population of Gaza before the war, are currently sheltering here.
The international community unanimously expressed concern after Prime Minister Netanyahu announced the military operation plan.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said, “We are very concerned about the fate of civilians in Rafah,” and UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Martin Griffiths said, “There is nowhere else to go in Gaza.”
The United States also does not agree with Prime Minister Netanyahu’s plan, saying, “It would be a disaster for civilians.”
John Kirby, strategic communications coordinator for the White House National Security Council, said, “A military operation without considering the safety of the more than 1 million refugees in Rafah would be a disaster for civilians,” and added, “We will not support such an operation.” said.
“The United States has not yet seen any evidence that (Israel) has made serious plans for the operation,” said Vedant Patel, deputy spokesperson for the U.S. State Department. “It is,” he pointed out.
Source: Donga
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