“It will happen. There is a date,” Netanyahu said in a video statement Monday, without elaborating.
The United States, Israel’s closest ally, has said a ground operation into Rafah would be a mistake and has demanded to see a credible plan to protect civilians. Netanyahu spoke as Israeli negotiators are in Cairo discussing international efforts to broker a cease-fire deal with the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Israeli troops withdrew Sunday from Khan Younis, another city in southern Gaza, ending a key phase of the war. Defense officials say they’re regrouping ahead of a push into Rafah. Palestinians who visited Khan Younis on Monday said the city is now unlivable, offering them little immediate chance to return. Many have been sheltering in Rafah.
The Palestinian death toll from the war has passed 33,200, with nearly 76,000 wounded, Gaza’s Health Ministry said. The ministry doesn’t differentiate between civilians and combatants in its tally, but says women and children make up two-thirds of the dead.
Which US has happily supplied the weapons, intelligence, and equipment for
FTFY
Biden is going to be in a tizzy, how dare Netanyahu use the intelligence, the weapons, and the billions of dollars freely given by the US without any stipulations, just last week, to continue to carry out the genocide that Netanyahu and the Israeli government have freely admitted to carrying out over the past six months.
What else could Biden have done? I mean, he even had a serious conversation with Netanyahu on the phone!
Hmmmm. Maybe Biden can appease Bibi with more weapons. Only one way to find out! I mean, what other option could there be? We either support genocide or we’ll just end up supporting a genocide. If only there was something different we could do… Oh, well.
I keep thinking if it was flipped sides. Who would be armed to the teeth in that scenario…
I’m guns be reeeaaallly angry this time. Super serial you guys. I mean it. - US
