remember israel today is the most attacked country in the world with five different active fronts from which is under attack from iran itself but also its proxies. but the americans are saying they have reservations under want to be sure you re prosecuting the continuation of the war against hamas n gaza that ensures the needs of palestinians that have been displaced and many people and the rafah area have been displaced and that about 15,000 hamas fighters stationed and rafah and we want to be sure that at least the civilians are out of harms way before israel goes and that will be a continued conversation we will have to see in the weeks to come. fin
Assumes will be spent on the israeli side of the relief effort, in and around gaza. But it is a substantial amount of money. Yeah, the palestinian President Spokesman calling it an act of aggression against palestinian people that would cause thousands more casualties in gaza. The attention is back on gaza, isnt it, after those tensions between iran and israel eased, and in particular, rafah . Yeah. Because the israeli government has made it very clear that they wish to mount a Military Operation in the south, near rafah, where so many people are packed in. Israel says that there are hamas fighters, brigades, that are still there and they need to go in and take the fight to hamas there. Almost all of israels allies are saying dont, particularly the united states, very, very explicitly saying, look, do not do this, because the risk to civilian life is so large. Because so many people are packed into that piece of territory
because there are many israelis who believe that this will only end when they have severely degraded hamas as a military force and at the moment that has not happened. and people argue that to complete that task, israeli forces have to go in and, you know, take the fight the fight to hamas in rafah. but as i said, then equally, i think what we have seen in recent days during the exchange of fire between israel and iran, is one signal we have got from that is the israeli government does value its international support. it is trying to leverage the international support it got as a result of the iranian attack a week ago. i think they will be quite loathe to lose that by launching an attack on rafa that is very bloody, very deadly and unsupported by its allies.
Which are reported to have killed 18 palestinians, 1a of them children. The israeli War Cabinet has been planning an offensive against hamas in rafah, where an estimated 1. 5 million displaced palestinians are sheltering. But the us and other allies have warned it against a full Scale Assault on the city. Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticised reported american plans to sanction the netzah yehuda battalion, a unit of the israeli military thats accused of Human Rights Violations in the west bank. Mr netanyahu said he was working to prevent sanctions he called the height of absurdity. The battalion of ultra orthodox soldiers has been at the centre of several incidents of violence against palestinian civilians. Theres been no official comment from washington
The united states saying that it was all part of an attempt by the united states to help israel defend western civilisation. That was the way he put it. Unsurprisingly, palestinian groups have not taken that view. A spokesperson for the palestinian authorities here said that this is an act of the aggression by the americans. Arming of the israelis they said would lead to thousands more casualties in gaza simply because of the amount of Military Support that it is getting. So although there have been differences between the united states and israel diplomatically, the Core Support of the united states, namely, military kit, continues to grow. To that point, james, we did talk about that warning from the us israeli allies about this offensive, potential full out offensive in rafah. So there coming through