Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 2nd May. Palestinian presidency on Wednesday has said that Israel would not dare to continue its assault in Gaza without US support.
According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, Palestinian Presidency spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh made the remarks in response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statements earlier on Tuesday that an invasion of Rafah is imminent.
“The blind US bias towards Israel, and its protection from punishment and submission to international legitimacy, has proven that the US administration has become a partner in Netanyahu’s crimes and bears full responsibility for the continuation of genocide,” said Rudeineh on Tuesday.
He added that the US administration should intervene immediately and compel Israel “to stop its crimes, foremost of which is preventing the invasion of Rafah, which would have very serious repercussions on the region as a whole and the world”.
Rudeineh called on the international community to intervene to prevent Israel from continuing its aggression.
Netanyahu pledged to launch a ground attack on Rafah “with or without” an agreement with Hamas.
Netanyahu said that Israel had begun evacuating Palestinian civilians from Rafah, during his meeting with the families of hostages held in Gaza, according to his office.
Israel considers Rafah the last major stronghold of Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
It is located in the souther Gaza, Rafah shelters 1.2 million Palestinians.
Netanyahu made these statements at a time when negotiators from Israel and Hamas are holding talks through Egyptian mediation to reach an agreement to cease hostilities in the ongoing conflict in Gaza for about seven months, which would ensure the release of hostages.
