Netanyahu told Blinken Israel will go into Rafah alone if needed
Israeli PM says Israel is determined to send troops into the southern Gaza city of Rafah and will do so without US backing if necessary.
Friday 22/03/2024
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Israel remained determined to send troops into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where more than 1 million Palestinians are sheltering, and would do so without US backing if necessary.
Netanyahu said in a statement he had told visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that there was no way to defeat the Islamist movement Hamas without going into Rafah. "And I told him that I hope we will do it with the support of the US, but if we have to - we will do it alone," he said.