Tag: Rafah
Blinken: Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal ‘very much possible’
A potential ceasefire deal between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group is “getting closer,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday during a trip to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
“I think the gaps are...
Is a war against Hezbollah imminent?
The world’s attention is focused on Gaza, but if a war breaks out on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, it will be far broader and more destructive than the one Israel is waging against...
Biden to pressure Israel on alternatives to Rafah op
The White House will present alternative plans designed to dissuade Jerusalem from carrying out a full-scale military operation in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah when an Israeli delegation visits Washington early next week, Axios reported on...
‘No other choice’: Netanyahu defying Biden on Rafah operation
The IDF must clear Rafah of terrorists despite American opposition, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during Tuesday’s closed-door session of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee.
The premier told the lawmakers that the...
US could support limited Israeli op in Rafah—report
Washington has told Jerusalem it could support a limited IDF military operation against “high value” Hamas targets in Rafah in southern Gaza, according to a report published Wednesday in Politico.
The American news outlet wrote that...
Netanyahu to Dutch PM: Rafah op essential to defeating Hamas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosted his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte in Jerusalem on Wednesday, for their fourth tête-à-tête since the outbreak of the war against Hamas.
Netanyahu emphasized that the prospective IDF operation in...
IDF inching closer to Rafah op, Gallant hints during Gaza visit
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, during a visit to the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, seemed to indicate that the Israel Defense Forces operation against Hamas battalions in the southernmost city of Rafah will happen...
Virginia senator: Don’t send Israel weapons ‘likely to be used in offensive military action’
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), a former U.S. vice presidential candidate and former Virginia governor, is urging the White House to provide Israel with “defensive” weapons only.
The United States should not supply Israel arms that...
Refugees Lives Matter,’ unless they’re Palestinian
The recent news cycle has been awash with dire predictions of what awaits the Palestinian population of Gaza following a widely expected Israeli ground incursion into the southern city of Rafah. Germany warned of...
Israel expects up to eight weeks of intense fighting in Gaza
Jerusalem expects intense fighting to continue in Gaza for another six to eight weeks, including in Rafah city, before scaling back the war effort, Reuters reported on Monday.
“Military chiefs believe they can significantly damage Hamas’s remaining...