"A major ground operation there [Rafah] would mean more civilian deaths, it would worsen the humanitarian crisis," says US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a joint presser with Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in Cairo.
After meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Tel Aviv, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has informed the US top diplomat his army will go into Rafah in the Gaza Strip even without US support.