Aid groups say food delivery efforts have been hobbled as the Rafah border crossing remains shut. Nearly 360,000 have fled the city in southern Gaza, a U.N. agency said.
At a White House news briefing Monday, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Israel has not yet crossed a red line in its military operation in Rafah, a densely populated area in southern Gaza where Israel is advancing. President Biden last week warned that he would halt the shipment of U.S. offensive weapons to Israel “if they go into Rafah.
“It’s not a mathematical formula or a mechanical determination.” Sullivan added that the United States is consulting closely with Israel and collecting its own assessments of what’s happening on the ground. “It’s something we will judge based on what we see. And the president will then make his determinations,” he added. “We have not seen that happen yet.
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