Rafah Operation Gets Washington’s Okay If No Counterstrikes on Iran: Report

Although some Israeli action against Iran’s unprecedented  attack seems a foregone conclusion, ahead of the Passover holiday considerable ambiguity prevails.

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President Biden on March 8, 2024, at Wallingford, Pennsylvania, and Prime Minister Netanyahu at Tel Aviv, October 28, 2023. AP

American officials have decided to give sanction to an Israeli operation against Hamas at Rafah in the Gaza Strip in exchange for an agreement by Prime Minister Netanyahu to hold off on retaliatory strikes against Iran, a new report from a Qatari newspaper says.

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