US approves Rafah op. in exchange for no Israeli counter-strikes on Iran - report

Jerusalem Post ^ | 4/18/2024

[Right Wing Vegan]

The US has approved a potential Israeli Rafah operation in exchange for the Jewish state not conducting counterstrikes on Iran, according to a Thursday report from the Qatari newspaper The New Arab.

A senior official told The New Arab that "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu managed to obtain American approval for a military operation in Rafah, in exchange for [Israel] refraining from carrying out a wide military operation against Iran in response to its recent attack."

He claimed that "discourse of an Israeli response to Iran contradicts the desires of the American administration, and is not realistic, given the Israeli claims that the United States played the major role in repelling the Iranian attack and preventing its success."

The source noted that "the IDF carried out airstrikes [overnight on Thursday] on several areas adjacent to the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt," adding that "the relevant officials in Egypt were notified before the execution of some of these strikes, which came in the Philadelphi axis at a space adjacent to the border with Egypt.

The report comes among public statements from some Israeli officials expressing desire to retaliate against Iran, with a report published by the KAN broadcasting channel claimed that Israel's ambassador to the US, Michael Herzog, stated on Thursday that "Israel will react to Iran, and it won't take years - soon Iran's missiles will be equipped with nuclear warheads."

The Qatar report also noted that Egypt is exemplifying "full readiness and preparedness of [its] forces stationed in northern Sinai, along the 14-kilometer border strip with the Gaza Strip, as part of a plan to deal with the scenario of a ground invasion in Rafah."

[nickcarraway]

Biden will do anything Putin tells him.

[ETCM]

LOL Israel will finish off Hamas and then go after Hezbollah: they've already moved troops north. But they won't attack Iran until Iran tries to attack again.

I suspect Israel has a long list of IRGC/Hezbollah targets in Syria, Lebanon and Iraq that will be more than enough to send a message to Iran.

On a positive note, this should make the Hamas Wing of the Democrat Party furious. They and their pro-pali allies in BLM and Antifa could turn the DNC Convention into a bloodbath. And not a figurative one, like Trump described...

[VeniVidiVici]

Democrats continue to kiss Iranian ass

[ridesthemiles]

LET BIBI run his own war.

[PghBaldy]

Biden wants Muslim votes in the States of Maine, Michigan and Minnesota.

[ducttape45]

The audacity...............

[pierrem15]

Yes, it seems to be recursive down to the individual level.

[pierrem15]

You’re right. It is evil, but usually evil on this scale implies some kind of intelligence, which appears wholly lacking in this case.

[ETCM]

Seems this story was a head fake. Israel warplanes were probably already loaded up when this was released. I wonder if the US was in on the deception? Hopefully yes. Also wondering if there was aerial refueling support or the long range missiles were used.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

I miss the old days when I had some confidence in our government decision-making...

[Fido969]

Well, that worked out well.

[fella]

Welp, this story has not aged well about as long a Resident Biden’s word on it.

[DoughtyOne]

The US is not in charge of Israel’s defense decisions.

Obama is such a juvenile.

[coalminersson]

LOL well tonight blows this story out of the water. Pun intended.

[TigersEye]

On a positive note, this should make the Hamas Wing of the Democrat Party furious. They and their pro-pali allies in BLM and Antifa could turn the DNC Convention into a bloodbath. And not a figurative one ...

If that should happen they will finally have done something good for our country.

[DownInFlames]

IOW, Egypt is prepared to invade sovereign Israeli territory to protect Hamas.

[Eleutheria5]

There is no point in going into Rafah now. Hamas is long gone from there, because they may be evil but they’re not stupid.

[SunkenCiv]

Gosh, and what was Israel's response?

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[Berosus]

When I think about which countries have governments that “need killing,” Iran and North Korea always come to mind.

[SunkenCiv]

Mmm-hmm.