Netanyahu stands firm on Rafah offensive despite U.S. tensions

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Netanyahu stands firm on Rafah offensive despite U.S. tensions

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******** Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged tensions with historical ally the U.S. over the military offensive in Rafah in the Gaza Strip, but stood firm that the operation is required to protect ******** security.

“Yes, we do have a disagreement on Gaza. Rather, on Rafah. But we have to do what we have to do,” Netanyahu said Wednesday, in an interview with CNBC’s Sara Eisen. “And, you know, sometimes you have to … you just have to do what is required to ensure your survival and your future. We cannot continue into the future by having ****** retake Gaza.”

The U.S. and other nations have expressed concerns over ******* deepening its offensive into Rafah, citing fears over the safety of ************ civilians caught in the crossfire of *******’s war against ************ militant group ******. ******* has repeatedly said its conflict is against ****** and that it does not target non-combatants, but human rights and aid organizations have stressed the impact of the military campaign and of the dearth of resources on the civilian population stranded in the Gaza enclave.

“I hope we can see eye to eye with the ******* States, we’re talking to them, but ultimately we do what we have to do to protect the life of our nation,” Netanyahu said.

Earlier this week, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed that Washington could not endorse a Rafah military incursion in the absence of a “credible” plan to safeguard civilians.

“Absent a credible plan to get them out of harm’s way and to support them, the President’s been clear for some time that we couldn’t and would not support a major military operation in Rafah,” he said in an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press,

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from the U.S. State Department.

Netanyahu on Wednesday said that ******* targets the destruction of four remaining ****** battalions. Earlier this month, ******* began its offensive into Rafah, where 1.4 million displaced people have taken shelter, according to the U.N. ******* has been carrying out a retaliatory campaign in the Gaza Strip since October, following a ******* ******* perpetrated that same month by ******.

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