Blinken calls on Israel to “put civilians first and foremost” in Rafah

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel on Wednesday to prioritise the safety of civilians in Gaza's Rafah but refrained from explicitly advising against military actions in the densely populated city.

Israeli jets pummelled Rafah with a series of air strikes on Wednesday morning, as attacks on the small border town increased in recent days.

Rafah, which now shelters over 1.3 million Palestinians displaced from elsewhere in Gaza, was previously designated a "safe" area by the Israeli army. However, aid workers warn that the Israeli military's reported plans to invade the city could put the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians at risk.

[askaddoura]

You’ll be charged as complicit in genocide

[clintchard]

Hold the USA and the apartheid government of Israel accountable for their war crimes

[emmanuelenyinwa]

Of COURSE, they "put civilians first" in the target list.

[messengeroftruth]

Bloody Blinken. How does he sleep at night?

[mossabomair]

Look in his eyes, this liar can't even agree that what he is telling is truth. Just bullshit. The cowardly world we are living in

[kust]

this man need to go jail for all the crimes killing he had done

[KamillGran-chsb]

This traitor and war criminal needs to face a lengthy prison time!

[anmolt]

It's always "profound concerns", 'deeply concerned' ...

[nkb]

'I told the Prime Minister, tone it down, you're showing us to the world as we really are, criminals...can't afford that !!! '

[redixora]

After killiing almost 30k children, women, civilians? What a crap!!!

[elakoc]

Protected? By them?? They're the ONLY oppressors who actually kill and threaten the civilians in first place

[braydenkaye]

But they are putting citizens first and foremost, in the firing line, especially if they're an Israeli hostage lol

[donHooligan]

Nazi says "cool it" to other nazis.

[Americantee]

How do you protect 1.4M civilians in a city that is about to be attacked?

[fellsmoke]

Blinken is talking about Israeli civilians...Palistinians are not humans in his eyes.

[senvolic]

Is this the same man who when he went to Israel said that he comes there primarily as a Jew, meaning secondly as the US Secretary of State. He made it very clear where his allegiance is. How can anyone therefore in their right mind believe that he's honest and is acting in the best interests of the US or humanity????

[ShafekulAbid]

Providing Ammunitions make them more responsible?!

[dhayaldhas]

Don't speak, act first, do you have guts to sanction Israel

[JohnGaltAustralia]

And what if they don't? Will the US use it's leverage or is this just more hot air?

[bliss]

Publicly saying one thing while doing another. We see thru it liar.