The “zero hour” for the Rafa is coming… Nearly two million displaced Palestinians are facing a new wave of bombing and military operations from Israel, as Benjamin Netanyahu appears determined to press ahead with his plans for a ground offensive, regardless of international backlash.

The visit of the head of American diplomacy, Anthony Blinken in Israel and the meeting he had with him Benjamin Netanyahu, fell flat. Israel’s prime minister has already given the go-ahead for a ground attack on Rafah, near the border with Egypt, claiming that senior Israeli officials have taken refuge there. Hamas. He also emphasizes that without a ground operation in Rafah, the danger of Hamas cannot be eliminated.

Netanyahu said in a statement that he told US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken during his visit to Israel that there was no other way to defeat the Islamist movement Hamas without the Israeli army advancing on Rafah. “And I told him that I hope we will do it with the support of the US, but if we have to – we will do it ourselves,” he stressed.

Anthony Blinken’s reaction was immediate. THE US Secretary of State he spoke of a “danger of devastation” in the region and of “further isolation of Israel” if Tel Aviv implements its declarations and carries out the ground attack in the Rafah area.

“The USA they share Israel’s goals of defeating Hamas and ensuring Israel’s long-term security.” However, he continued: “a large military ground operation in Rafah is not the way to do it. It risks killing more civilians. It risks wreaking havoc with humanitarian aid. It risks further isolating Israel around the world and jeopardizing its long-term security and standing.”

On the same wavelength and the vice president of the USA, Kamala Harris, who stressed to Reuters that there is no way for civilians to escape from Rafah. “These people have nowhere to go and be safe,” Harris told reporters as she departed for the trip to Puerto Rico and Florida.

Intense concern about the developments in Gaza and the imminent Israeli ground operation in Rafah also prevails in the ranks of the European Union. At the Summit, the “27” declared the need to provide aid to Palestinian civilians, while Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterated the creation of two states in the Middle East as a solution.