Israel assured the US that the operation in Rafah is “limited in scope”

Israel guaranteed U.S that the operation that began on Monday night in the enclave of Rafain the south of Gaza striphas a “limited scope”, as reported this Tuesday by the The White House.

“What we have been told by our Israeli counterparts is that this operation last night was limited and designed to impede Hamas’ ability to smuggle weapons and funds to Link”, he said in a call John Kirbyspokesperson for House National Security Council White.

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USA has been warning the government for weeks Benjamin Netanyahu that he will not support him in “a full-scale invasion” of Rafawhere more than a million Palestinians who fled the war and devastation of the rest of the world take refuge Gaza strip.

“We will be monitoring closely. “We are monitoring it, but as they described it, it is not of a size, scale or duration that can be compared to a major ground operation, but again, it is just beginning.”he detailed Kirby.

The spokesperson recalled that the American president, Joe Bidenspoke yesterday with Netanyahu and reminded him of his government’s opposition to a large-scale ground operation in the enclave.

“We don’t want to see any operation in Rafa which does not take into account the safety and protection of the people there”he reiterated Kirby.

The first night of the so-called’Operation Rafa‘was marked by the military takeover with Israeli tanks of the Gaza area of ​​the crossing Rafawhich is inoperative, in addition to intense helicopter fire and artillery bombardment.

At least 100,000 inhabitants of Gazamany of them children, injured and disabled as a result of the war, received an evacuation order on Monday morning to leave east of Rafa.

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Negotiations in Cairo

Kirby He also referred to the new round of negotiations between Israel It is Hamas organized by Egypt, Qatar and the United States that begins this Tuesday in Cairo and said he hopes that the parties can bring closer positions towards a truce agreement.

“A careful assessment of the positions of both parties suggests that they should be able to resolve their differences and we will do everything we can to support that process.“, said the spokesman, who downplayed the fact that Israel says Hamas’ conditions are unacceptable.

“It is better,” he added, “to let the negotiators resolve the existing discrepancies, but, as I said, we believe that, with the current text, there should be no reason why they cannot resolve the remaining differences.”

Source: Elcomercio

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