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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Richard Hall,John Bowden,Bel Trew and Andrew Feinberg

Dozens dead in ‘barbaric’ strike, hundreds of thousands flee, yet White House insists no red line has been crossed in Rafah

EPA

The Biden administration said it would continue to support Israel’s war in Gaza following an Israeli airstrike on a displaced persons camp in Rafah that killed dozens of Palestinians on Sunday and prompted global outrage.

White House National Security spokesman John Kirby said that the deadly strike, and reports that Israeli tanks were moving into center of the city on Tuesday, did not constitute a breach of the “red line” set by president Joe Biden that would cause him to reconsider his support.

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