2024-02-12 07:52:15
(CNN)– Condemned Hamas What she called the “horrific massacre” committed by Israel against civilians In RafahMonday, after the Israeli army launched air strikes near the city.
Hamas said in a statement that the Israeli forces’ attack on the city of Rafah “and the horrific massacres it is committing against defenseless civilians and displaced children, women and the elderly… is considered a continuation of the genocidal war and the forced displacement attempts it is waging against our Palestinian people.”
Hamas claimed that more than 100 people were killed in Israeli attacks overnight. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) also reported that more than 100 people were killed in the night raids.
CNN cannot independently verify the number of casualties on the ground.
In its statement, Hamas held US President Joe Biden and his administration “fully responsible” for the killing of civilians, saying that the United States had given Netanyahu a “green light” and provided public support to the (Israeli) Prime Minister “with money, weapons, and political cover, to continue the war of extermination and massacres.”
On Sunday, Biden and Netanyahu discussed an agreement to secure the release of hostages in Gaza, according to a senior US administration official, as well as the expected Israeli ground attack on the city of Rafah.
According to the White House, Biden “reaffirmed his view that the military operation in Rafah should not continue without a credible and implementable plan to ensure the safety and support of more than a million people who have taken refuge there.”
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