The Democratic Party condemns the attack on Rafah. How long will the United States remain silent when Israel massacres Palestinian babies?

JAKARTA – A politician from the US Democratic Party, President Joe Biden’s party, once again pressured the Washington administration to reduce support for Israel, as attacks on Rafah killed civilians, while The White House once again called on Israel to take all measures to avoid civilian casualties.

Israeli airstrikes in Rafah on Sunday evening hit refugee camps and killed around 45 people, mostly children, women and parents.

That adds to pressure on President Joe Biden’s administration from within his own party that existed before the Israeli airstrikes drew international condemnation.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a member of the Democratic Party of the United States House of Representatives, on Monday called the attack “unbearable cruelty,” adding in a social media post: “The president has been keeping his promises for a long time and temporarily suspends military aid. ” quoted by Reuters on May 28.

Israel continued to carry out attacks on Rafah despite a UN High Court ruling on Friday ordering it to stop its attacks, arguing that the court’s decision gave them (militants, Reds) the opportunity to carry out action there military.

“Terrible and heartbreaking images are emerging from Rafah,” Kona Pressley, a Democratic House member, said in a social media post.

“How long will the United States remain silent while the Israeli army massacres and mutilates Palestinian babies?”

Meanwhile, the only Palestinian-American to become a member of the US Congress through the US House of Representatives from the Democratic Party, Rashida Tlaib, called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “multiple genocidal”.

Gaza officials and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said the target area of ​​the attack was a recently established refugee camp near the United Nations Aid and Works Agency warehouse. for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), northwest of Rafah. It is said to be a security zone.

However, the Israeli military said the airstrikes were precise and based on appropriate intelligence information, and that they succeeded in killing two senior commanders of the Hamas group.

Regarding the attack, President Biden’s administration called on Israel to take all precautionary measures to protect civilians, after a military offensive in Rafah killed Palestinians.

“Israel has the right to attack Hamas, and we understand that this attack killed two high-ranking Hamas terrorists responsible for the attack on Israeli civilians,” said a spokesperson for the National Security Council (NSC). ).

“But as we have explained, Israel must take every precaution to protect civilians,” he added.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself said there was something wrong with the attack and that it did not target civilians, and his party conducted an investigation into the incident.

An NSC spokesperson said the US government was “actively engaged” with the Israeli military and others on the ground to assess what happened.

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