Israel's defence minister is on his way to the US amid a growing divide between the allies over its offensives in Gaza, including a planned assault on Rafah.
Israel's defence minister is on his way to the US amid a growing divide between the allies over its offensives in Gaza, including a planned assault on Rafah. This comes as domestic criticism of the Netanyahu government is mounting for its handling of the hostage crisis and military exemptions for ultra-orthodox Jewish men. With much-needed aid for Gazans piling up on the Egyptian border, the U-N Secretary-General says aid must come in by road.
The deaths contribute to a toll which Gaza's Health Ministry says has exceeded 32,000, since October the 7th, with more than 74,500 wounded in Israeli offensives since. “Let me tell you something. I have studied the maps. There's nowhere for those folks to go. And we're looking at about a million and a half people in Rafah who are there because they were told to go there, most of them. And so we've been very clear that it would be a mistake to move into Rafah with any type of military operation.”
Amid the strain the conflict has put on US-Israeli relations, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant is heading to Washington.“It is primarily focused on preserving the military advantage of the State of Israel, and its ability to obtain air defence systems and munitions, but no less than that, on relations with the United States and the common need to achieve the goals in Gaza, to defeat the Hamas organization, to return the hostages, and to establish what we need for Israel's security.
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