Palestinian Presidency: Israel’s threat to invade Rafah doesn’t absolve US administration of responsibility

Nabil Abu Rudeineh, the Spokesman of the Palestinian Presidency has stressed that the ground Israeli military offensive in the city of Rafah, south of Gaza and the attempts to forcibly displace Palestinian citizens, do not absolve the US administration of responsibility.

He called on US administration to force the Israeli government to halt the massacres being committed against the Palestinian people in Gaza.

“The US administration is required to force the occupation to stop the massacres its is committing against the Palestinian people in Gaza Strip, the latest of which was the killing of at least 25 civilians and the injury of several others in the city of Rafah,” Abu Rudeineh said, pointing out that the ongoing aggression will push matters to the brink of the abyss.

He clarified that this unprecedented Israeli escalation in Rafah is an attempt to evade stopping the ongoing brutal aggression on Gaza and implementing Security Council resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative.

The official said that the world must join efforts to halt the Israeli aggression and the forcible displacement of the Palestinian people in Gaza, calling on the U.S administration to take concrete action to immediately stop the offensive on Rafah, which will only push the entire region into endless wars.

Hamda Mustafa