He assures that the Israeli Army was going to “invade” and “enter with everything” in Rafá, on the border with Egypt, and reiterates that “it has not done so”
June 7 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, has stated that he believes that the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, “listens to him” and that he took his position into account when launching his military offensive against the city of Rafah, located in the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt and the scene for a month of an Israeli ground operation accompanied by dozens of bombings.
“I think he listens to me,” he said in an interview with the American television network ABC, in which he stressed that the Israeli Army was going to “enter with everything” in Rafá. “They were going to invade all of Rafá (…), with all their force,” he stressed.
“They have not done it,” he defended, after more than a month of Israeli military offensive against the city, initially focused on the eastern part of the city and later extended to its central area, including the seizure of the Palestinian side of the crossing with Egypt. , which meant the suspension of humanitarian operations through the border crossing.
The offensive against Rafah was unleashed shortly after Israel rejected a ceasefire proposal presented by Egypt and Qatar that had received the support of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas). Tensions have been on the rise since then due to the intensification of the Israeli offensive despite international calls and an order from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to stop its attacks.
Thus, he has argued that the Israeli authorities “have accepted a significant agreement”, in reference to the latest ceasefire proposal unveiled last week by Biden himself, who has stressed that Netanyahu has said “publicly yes” to the proposal. .
“We have to achieve a ceasefire,” said the White House tenant, who stressed that the proposal has the support of “Egypt, Saudi Arabia and almost the entire Arab world” and has left it in the hands of Hamas. that the pact can be closed, amid the suspicions of both parties.
The White House National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, recently stated that Israel “has accepted” the plan, despite the discrepancies shown by the Israeli Government regarding the ‘road map’, and reiterated that “the ball is on the roof of Hamas.” “The responsibility lies with Hamas and will remain with Hamas,” he argued.
The Israeli Government has stated on several occasions that the plan presented by Biden “would allow the war to continue until all its objectives are achieved, including the destruction of Hamas’s military and government capabilities,” while the Islamist group has demanded guarantees that the ‘road map’ includes a permanent ceasefire and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza.
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