US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Brown outlined Washington's proposal for an alternative to the Israel Defense Forces' (IDF) ground offensive against the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
During a recent conversation with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, Charles Brown said the U.S. "will not accept" massive civilian casualties in Rafah, given the number of civilian casualties in the northern and central parts of the Gaza Strip.
Brown summarized Washington's proposal, which includes securing Gaza's border with Egypt using technological advances to prevent arms smuggling through the Philadelphia Corridor, isolating the city of Rafah and conducting targeted raids, and establishing a joint command center to coordinate targeted operations.
Israel's war with Hamas: Rafah offensive
The Israeli army plans to launch a ground invasion of the city of Rafah near the border with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip. It is the last town under the control of the Palestinian Hamas movement.
However, the United States does not agree with such plans of Tel Aviv. Western countries and Egypt spoke out against the invasion of the city, citing the risk of mass deaths of refugees. In response, Israel proposed evacuating 1.4 million civilians to “humanitarian zones” in the central part of the region.
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