In a conversation with his Israeli counterpart, Herzi Halevy, the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Charles Brown, reviewed the American proposal regarding the Israeli military operation in the Rafah area, south of the Gaza Strip, according to what was revealed by the Israeli Public Broadcasting Authority (“Kan 11”).

The report stated that the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff held a phone call with Halevy while the Israeli Defense Minister, Yoav Galant, was in Washington. During which he reviewed the American demands from the Israeli government in preparation for launching a large-scale military attack on the Rafah area, which is home to about 1.5 million displaced Palestinians.

While the United Nations warns that any attack on Rafah will lead to massive loss of life and further exacerbate the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation reported that the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff reviewed, during his conversation with Halevy, an American proposal for the form of the military operation. In Rafah.

The American proposal includes:

• Isolating and cordoning off the Rafah area by the Israeli army.
• Technological means (surveillance cameras and sensors) to tightly close the Egyptian borders.
• Directed and focused incursions and raids on specific targets based on intelligence information.
• Establishing a joint operations room with the United States to coordinate operations in the southern Gaza Strip.

According to "Kan 11", despite the talks that Gallant held with officials in the administration of US President Joe Biden about the expected invasion of the Rafah area, the US army wanted to hold talks at a high professional level with the leaders of the Israeli army about the military plans to invade Rafah.

Last Monday, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken warned Israeli Security Minister Gallant, during a meeting in Washington, of the dangers of invading Rafah, reiterating the United States’ rejection of such a large-scale military operation.

US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement that Blinken "reiterated the United States' support for ensuring the defeat of Hamas, including in Rafah, but reiterated his opposition to a large-scale ground operation in Rafah."

He added that the American minister "stressed the existence of solutions other than a large-scale ground invasion, which are solutions that would better guarantee Israel's security and protect Palestinian civilians."

It is noteworthy that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled a visit that was scheduled for a high-level delegation to the American capital, to discuss “American alternatives to the military operation in Rafah.”