The US Government warned this Thursday Israel that an entry in Rafah would strengthen the Palestinian Islamist group Hamasand maintained its decision not to supply offensive weapons to the Israeli Executive if it goes ahead with that plan.
“Any kind of major operation in Rafah would benefit Hamas at the negotiating table, not Israel”the spokesperson for the White House National Security Council said in a phone call with the media, John Kirby.
In his opinion, the civilian casualties that would result from this type of incursion would only reinforce the group’s arguments in its “twisted narrative.”
Kirby added that such an offensive in Gaza would not advance Israel’s goal of achieving a lasting defeat against Hamas.
His statement comes a day after the American president, Joe Bidenthreatened for the first time to stop supplying Israel with certain offensive weapons, which it acknowledged have been used to kill civilians in Gaza, if the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahuorders to invade that southern Gazan city.
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If Israel invades Rafah, Washington will stop sending US offensive weapons, such as artillery and bombs for fighter jets, but will continue to supply its ally with defensive material for the anti-missile system. Iron Domein line with its commitment to the defense of Israel.
«Israel has not yet launched such an operation. (Biden) was talking about what would happen in the future if she did it. That is a choice Israel has to make.”Kirby added, stressing that the argument that the United States is somehow distancing itself from Israel does not fit the facts.
The spokesperson stressed that the dialogue between the two governments continues: “We are in contact. They know our position on the matter. And they will have to make their own decisions.
This same Thursday, as reported by the Egyptian state television Al Qahera News, the Hamas and Israel delegations that participated in indirect talks in Cairo on a truce in Gaza left the Egyptian capital after a two-day round of negotiations that has not produced results. apparent.
The director of the CIA, Bill Burnsis already on its way to Washington, according to Kirby. «But his return does not imply the end of the current round of negotiations. And obviously we are going to continue in contact with those interlocutors, whom we are not going to take our eyes off. “We will remain committed in the hope of being able to achieve something.”, he concluded. EFE (I)
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