W.H.’s Kirby Says that the U.S. Would Not Support Israeli Operation in Rafah

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KIRBY: "Well, again, I won't — I don't want to get ahead of where we are. They haven't moved into Rafah. I would just reiterate what the president has said many times. We would not support such an operation unless or until they've got a credible executable plan to take care of the 1.5 million refugees that have been pushed into Rafah because of operations in Khan Younis to the north and Gaza City even further to the north. Now, the Israeli Defense Forces say that they have such a plan for an evacuation. They talked about humanitarian islands in Gaza. Again, we welcome the opportunity to see that, to see if that's actually executable and doable."