{"id":18797,"date":"2024-05-07T12:47:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T12:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/07\/biden-warns-netanyahu-against-rafah-invasion-as-israel-prepares-for-action\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T12:47:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T12:47:45","slug":"biden-warns-netanyahu-against-rafah-invasion-as-israel-prepares-for-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/07\/biden-warns-netanyahu-against-rafah-invasion-as-israel-prepares-for-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden warns Netanyahu against Rafah invasion as Israel prepares for action"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paywall has-gated-overlay gated-article-body\">\n<p class=\"speakable\">President Biden called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to warn him against moving on the Gaza city of Rafah.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The president reportedly warned Netanyahu against continuing with plans to invade Rafah, the last stronghold of Hamas in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The two world leaders reportedly spoke for approximately 30 minutes, during which Biden raised the issue of the more than 1.5 million Palestinians currently living in Rafah.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The president doesn\u2019t want to see operations in Rafah that put at greater risk the more than a million people that are seeking refuge there,\u2019 said White House national security spokesman John Kirby.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Israel\u2019s Defense Forces ordered an evacuation of Rafah, signaling that a long-promised ground operation could be imminent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli army has described Rafah as the last significant Hamas stronghold after seven months of war, and its leaders have repeatedly said clearing Rafah is necessary to defeat the Islamic militant group.<\/p>\n<p>Overnight, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin that Israel was left with no choice but to act in Rafah after Hamas terrorists carried out a deadly rocket attack from Rafah earlier in the day that left four Israeli soldiers dead.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli Defense Forces has begun conducting what it describes as \u2018targeted strikes\u2019 against Hamas operatives in eastern Rafah, a city located in the southern Gaza Strip where more than 1 million civilians from other parts of Gaza are sheltering.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said aircraft struck more than 50 terrorist targets in Rafah amid the evacuation of residents in the area and the expansion of the humanitarian area in Al-Mawasi and Khan Yunis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The war in Gaza has driven around 80% of the territory\u2019s population of 2.3 million from their homes and caused vast destruction throughout several cities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The death toll in Gaza has soared to more than 34,500 people \u2014 per estimates from Gaza\u2019s Hamas-run Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The war began Oct. 7 when Hamas attacked southern Israel, killing around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting about 250 others. Israel says militants still hold around 100 hostages and the remains of more than 30 others.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital\u2019s Lawrence Richard and Bradford Betz contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>This post appeared first on FOX NEWS<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to warn him against moving on the Gaza city of Rafah. The president reportedly warned Netanyahu against continuing with plans to invade Rafah, the last stronghold of Hamas in the region. 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