{"id":2254486,"date":"2024-05-28T17:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T21:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-still-does-not-assess-israel-carrying-out-full-scale-rafah-operation\/"},"modified":"2024-05-28T17:46:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T21:46:02","slug":"us-still-does-not-assess-israel-carrying-out-full-scale-rafah-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-still-does-not-assess-israel-carrying-out-full-scale-rafah-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"The US has yet to evaluate Israel&#8217;s complete Rafah operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-still-does-not-assess-israel-carrying-out-full-scale-rafah-operation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2254486&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The United States does not support a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-launches-rockets-near-main-humanitarian-aid-crossing\/\" title=\"Hamas fires rockets close to major aid checkpoint\">major ground invasion<\/a> by Israel in Rafah, as reiterated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-big-here-we-go-pentagon-halts-biden-transition-defense-briefings-biden-team-unaware-of-directive\/\" title=\"BREAKING BIG: Here We Go \u2014 Pentagon Halts Biden Transition Defense Briefings \u2014 Biden Team Unaware of Directive\">administration officials<\/a>. Recent\u2063 assessments by Pentagon and National Security Council officials follow an Israeli airstrike resulting in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-reduces-support-for-s-arabia-in-another-boon-to-iran\/\" title=\"Biden reduces support for S. Arabia in another boon to Iran\">civilian casualties<\/a>. President Joe Biden warned of halting offensive \u200dweapon sales\u200b if Israel \u2064conducts actions like a large-scale ground campaign in Rafah. The United States\u200d opposes a significant ground invasion \u2062by Israel in\u2064 Rafah, confirmed by administration officials. Assessments by Pentagon and\u200d National Security Council officials come after an Israeli airstrike with civilian casualties. President Joe Biden has warned of stopping offensive weapon sales if Israel pursues actions such as a large-scale ground \u200dcampaign\u2063 in\u2063 Rafah.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The United States does not assess that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israeli<\/a> military has conducted a major ground invasion into Rafah, administration officials reiterated on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The latest assessment, which was provided first by Pentagon deputy spokeswoman Sabrina Singh and followed up by National Security Council coordinator John Kirby, came days after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah led to the deaths of dozens of civilians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe still don\u2019t believe that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-releases-first-hostage-video-family-begs-world-to-intervene\/\" title=\"Hamas shares initial hostage video, pleads for global intervention.\">major ground operation<\/a> in Rafah is warranted. We still don\u2019t want to see the Israelis, as we say, smash into Rafah with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russias-naval-strategy-for-the-indo-pacific\/\" title=\"Russia\u2019s Naval Strategy for the Indo-Pacific\">large units<\/a> over large pieces of territory. We still believe that and we haven\u2019t seen that at this point,\u201d Kirby said. \u201cAs a result of this strike on Sunday, I have no policy changes to speak to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> warned earlier this month that he would halt offensive weapons sales to Israel if it carried out actions in Rafah the U.S. opposed, like a full-scale ground campaign, which, as Kirby described on Tuesday, would include \u201cthousands and thousands of troops moving in a maneuvered, concentrated, coordinated way. It\u2019s a variety of targets on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Israel has carried out multiple airstrikes in Rafah in recent weeks, though the strike this weekend, according to the Israel Defense Forces, resulted in a secondary explosion and fire that killed about 45 people and injured more than 200 others, according to Gaza officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe strike was conducted using two munitions with small warheads suited for this targeted strike. We are talking about munitions with 17 kilograms of explosive material,\u201d IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said, adding, \u201cFollowing this strike, a large fire ignited for reasons still being investigated. Our munition alone could not have ignited a fire of this size.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> called the strike a \u201ctragic mistake.\u201d The IDF is investigating the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. has sought for multiple months to convince Israel not to conduct a full-scale military operation in Rafah due to the more than 1 million Palestinians who fled there during the war. The U.S. and several other international leaders stressed that Israel\u2019s operations could result in massive numbers of civilian casualties if they are not adequately safeguarded.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kirby acknowledged that this strike was broadly in line with how the U.S. wants Israel to target Hamas in Rafah given the apparent use of small, precise bombs, minus the apparent secondary explosion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis one had tragic consequences, but it was in the use of munitions that they said they used in the targets they were going after, not unlike and not out of character of the other airstrikes they have participated in, in Rafah in recent days and weeks,\u201d Kirby said. \u201cSo it wasn\u2019t out of that scope, but obviously it had a different outcome here, which is incredibly tragic.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US officials confirmed on Tuesday that they do not believe the Israeli military has launched a significant ground invasion in Rafah. This statement, initially from Pentagon deputy spokeswoman Sabrina Singh, was reiterated by National Security Council coordinator John Kirby shortly after recent Israeli airstrikes in the area<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2671,"featured_media":2254487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24148280571332.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2254486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24148280571332.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2254486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2254487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2254486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2254486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2254486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}