The Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken, this Wednesday, demanded from Israel a plan for “the day after” in Gaza after the “horrible” Israeli bombing of a refugee camp located in Rafah, south of the strip.
In response to a question from an American reporter, He claimed not to know the type of weapons that were used, although he added that this also “must be the product of a rapid investigation.” “I can’t say what weapons were used and how they were used,” she said.
At the same time, he stressed that even the most limited and precise operations designed to eliminate terrorists can have “terrible, horrible and unintended consequences.”
He considers that “the horrible consequences” that military actions can have in a place where civilians and terrorists live so close to each other is what confirms “how imperative it is to have a plan for the day after”, which includes security of the residents of Gaza and the reconstruction of the territory.
Blinken stressed that it is necessary to reach that point “as quickly as possible”, since this plan will only guarantee the lasting defeat of Hamas.
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The deceased – around 50 – were in a supposed “safe zone” in the Tal al Sultan neighborhoodin the northwest of Rafah, where there were hundreds of displaced people in a makeshift camp that Israel had not yet ordered to evacuate.
After learning of the incident, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the death of civilians in Rafah was a “tragic mishap” and that an investigation would be launched into the matter.
“Israel said it was a mistake, but it needs to do more to protect innocent civilians in Gaza and conduct an independent investigation,” Wood said during a briefing on ‘The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian issue.’
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Israel said it was a mistake, but it must do more to protect innocent civilians in Gaza
The media The New York Times and CNN also provided data in recent hours that They point out that the weapons used by Israel in the Rafah displaced persons camp were of American origin.
According to their investigations, “the remains of ammunition filmed at the site of the attack the next day were from a GBU-39, a bomb designed and manufactured in the United States.”
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