The US on Wednesday warned a few lack of a “concrete plan” concerning post-war Gaza, including that Israel will inherit a “major insurgency” if it strikes ahead with a full assault into the southern Gaza metropolis of Rafah, the place 1.3 million Palestinians have been sheltering.
“If Israel goes full on into Rafah to eliminate the remaining battalions as they put it, the problem will not be solved,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken informed House of Representatives lawmakers.
“There will be thousands and thousands of remaining armed Hamas even after that happens. Israel will inherit a major insurgency in Gaza that it will be responsible for,” he added.
He warned towards a scarcity of concrete plan concerning post-war Gaza.
“There needs to be a concrete plan that does not involve Israel’s reoccupation does not involve Hamas continuing to rule Gaza and does not involve lawlessness and anarchy,” he mentioned.
Blinken mentioned the US shared with Israel the “other ways” of “more effectively getting at Hamas” in a method that “lessens the danger to civilians”
About the Biden administration’s determination to halt the controversial cargo of two,000-pound bombs to Israel, Blinken reiterated the US’ issues over the usage of that type of weapon in a densely populated space.
“We have an ongoing conversation with Israel about this and about our concerns about the use of these particular weapons in that particular way, in that particular place, and those concerns remain but the other assistance that we’ve been providing for Israel’s defense continues and will continue,” he mentioned.
More than 35,600 Palestinians have been killed, the overwhelming majority of whom have been girls and youngsters, and practically 79,900 others injured since an Israeli onslaught started in October following a Hamas-led cross-border assault on Israel.
Less than 1,200 folks have been killed Oct. 7 in Israel, and tons of have been taken to Gaza as hostages.
Source: www.anews.com.tr