US vice president: ‘Any type of military operation’ in city would be ‘huge mistake,’ as Palestinians have nowhere to go; Netanyahu: ‘We will enter Rafah, achieve absolute victory’

US Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday did not rule out consequences for Israel if it moves forward with a major ground offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where over a million Palestinians are sheltering, over American objections.

Upon first being pressed on ABC’s “This Week” whether there would be consequences if Israel moves into Rafah, Harris responded, “We’re going to take it one step at a time.” After the question was raised a second time, she said, “I am ruling out nothing.”

“We have been clear in multiple conversations and in every way that any major military operation in Rafah would be a huge mistake,” Harris explained.

“I have studied the maps. There’s nowhere for those folks to go. We’re looking at about a million and a half people in Rafah who are there because they were told to go there… so we’ve been very clear that it would be a mistake to move into Rafah with any type of military operation,” the vice president added.

Soon after Harris’s interview was broadcast, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated that the IDF would indeed enter Rafah, en route to “absolute victory” over Hamas.

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