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Israel has addressed many of Biden's concerns over widescale Rafah operation, says US official

Updated on: 22 May,2024 08:05 AM IST  |  Cairo
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Biden had previously said he opposed a widescale operation in Rafah that did not prioritize the safety of innocent Palestinian civilians

Israel has addressed many of Biden's concerns over widescale Rafah operation, says US official

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Israel has addressed many of President Joe Biden's concerns over its long-simmering plan to carry out a widescale military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah aimed at rooting out Hamas, a senior Biden administration official said Tuesday.


The official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and requested anonymity, said that in talks over the weekend with White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan, Israeli officials incorporated many changes into their planning that seem to meet concerns about deepening an operation in an area that has been flooded with Palestinian refugees during the seven-month war.


Biden had previously said he opposed a widescale operation in Rafah that did not prioritize the safety of innocent Palestinian civilians. The official said the administration stopped short of greenlighting the Israeli plan but said Israeli officials' altered planning suggested they were taking the American administration's concerns seriously. About 900,000 Palestinians have fled Rafah in recent weeks after the population swelled to about 1.5 million.


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