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US says it will not back unplanned Rafah offensive

The US has warned Israel that staging a military offensive into Gaza's southern city of Rafah without proper planning would be a "disaster"

The US has warned Israel that staging a military offensive into Gaza's southern city of Rafah without proper planning would be a "disaster". We'll hear from a mother of two who has been displaced from her home in the north of Gaza to Rafah.

Also in the programme: US President Joe Biden has hit back angrily at an investigation that found he mishandled top secret files and struggled to recall key life events; and the photographer who made a documentary about the battle for Mariupol in Ukraine and has now been nominated for an Oscar.

(Picture: Palestinian children wait to receive food in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Picture credit: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)

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Fri 9 Feb 2024 14:06GMT

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  • Fri 9 Feb 2024 14:06GMT

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