Today, Wednesday, US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, expressed his concern about imminent Israeli military action in the Palestinian city of Rafah, located on the Egyptian border.

On Wednesday evening, Israeli Channel 13 quoted Blinken during his meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying that every day, until the end of his life, he will ask himself daily about the children of Gaza who were killed without fault.

For his part, Netanyahu commented on the statements of the US Secretary of State, which came during his visit to Tel Aviv as part of a shuttle tour that included several countries, including Egypt, that responsibility for the killing of these children belongs to the leadership of the Hamas movement.

For its part, the Israeli channel explained on its website that it was shocked by Anthony Blinken's unprecedented statement regarding the children of Gaza.

Earlier today, Wednesday, Netanyahu’s office rejected US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s request to hold a private meeting with the Chief of Staff of the Israeli Army, General Herzi Halevy, as the Israeli newspaper “Israel Hayom” explained that Netanyahu rejected Blinken’s request during his visit to Tel Aviv, It requires holding a private meeting with General Halevy.

The newspaper quoted a prominent Israeli political official - which it did not name - that meeting with a foreign minister of military rank without the presence of a political official is unacceptable in relations between countries. The Israeli official commented on this matter, saying, "Israel is not a banana republic."

In a related context, Israeli media reported, today, Wednesday, that US President Joe Biden expressed his concern about the presence of 1.2 million Palestinians in the city of Rafah alone, as Israeli Channel 12 confirmed that Blinken had conveyed to Benjamin Netanyahu, during their joint meeting, in Earlier today, Biden feared the presence of 1.2 million Palestinians in the city of Rafah alone.

The channel noted on its website that the American President had expressed his annoyance or lack of understanding about how more than 1.2 million Palestinians could be evacuated from the city of Rafah alone, if the Israeli army attacked the city, which is located near the Egyptian border.