Monica Alba is a White House correspondent for NBC News.
The U.S. has seen recent troop movement that indicates Israel could expand operations in Rafah soon but has not made a formal assessment about whether a full-scale invasion is imminent, according to two U.S. officials. The Biden administration has repeatedly warned against a full-scale Israeli military operation in Rafah, a city in southern Gaza, citing humanitarian concerns.
7 terror attacks on the country. 'Even if it goes in and takes heavy action in Rafah, there will still be thousands of armed Hamas left,” Blinken said, noting that “we’ve seen, in areas that Israel has cleared in the north, even in Khan Younis, Hamas coming back.” Nearly 360,000 people have fled Rafah since Israel ordered a partial evacuation a week ago and sent in tanks, according to the United Nations.
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