During a joint press conference with his Egyptian counterpart in Cairo, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that a major military operation by Israel in Gaza's southernmost city of Rafah is “unnecessary”, and that "there is a better way to deal with the ongoing threat posed by Hamas". In the northern Gaza Strip, Israel's army is four days into a raid at the Al-Shifa hospital, where the military says Hamas is operating from among patients and displaced civilians. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments in the Israel-Hamas war.
During a joint press conference with his Egyptian counterpart in Cairo, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that a major military operation by Israel in Gaza's southernmost city of Rafah is “unnecessary”, and that "there is a better way to deal with the ongoing threat posed by Hamas". In the northern Gaza Strip, Israel's army is four days into a raid at the Al-Shifa hospital, where the military says Hamas is operating from among patients and displaced civilians. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments in the Israel-Hamas war.
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