Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he and US President Joe Biden agreed that Israel must destroy Hamas and that there is no “middle ground”, during an interview with Fox Channel on Monday (11).
Netanyahu also said that Israel should first allow the civilian population to safely exit Rafah before entering.
“We agree with that,” he said, adding, “that’s what we intend to do.”
Divisions between the two countries' leaders emerged over the weekend when Biden said Netanyahu was “harming more than helping Israel” by disregarding the “innocent lives being lost” in Gaza during an interview with MSNBC.
Biden warned that Netanyahu risks losing the support of the international community due to the rise in civilian casualties in Gaza, where the death toll has surpassed 31,000.
Following Biden's comments, Netanyahu gave interviews to several media outlets and said he would carry out a military offensive in Rafah, where 1.5 million displaced Palestinians are sheltering.
Israeli officials have warned that an offensive on Rafah during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan has not been ruled out.
Ramadan began on Sunday night (10) across the Middle East and will last four weeks.
Source: CNN Brasil
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