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Over 1.4 million displaced Palestinians are sheltering in Rafah
Netanyahu vowed to invade, said date is set without disclosing it
State Department spokesperson: Invasion would harm civilians

Emily Finn, Emiliana Wood. Updated: Apr 9, 2024 / 10:10 AM CDT.

(NewsNation) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that a date has been set to invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah, despite U.S. officials warning against such a move.

Around 1.4 million Palestinians, displaced from other parts of the Gaza Strip because of Israel’s bombardment of the area, have been living in Rafah.

However, Netanyahu said in a video Monday that invading the city is necessary to “achieve victory” over Hamas.

“It will happen. There is a date,” Netanyahu said, although he did not elaborate on when exactly the invasion will happen.

U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller on Monday said the United States has not been briefed on a date for the Rafah invasion, nor have officials been provided with a “credible plan” for evacuating the 1.4 million civilians living there.

“We have made clear to Israel that we think a full-scale military invasion of Rafah would have an enormously harmful effect on those civilians, and that it would ultimately hurt Israeli security,” Miller told reporters.

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