US and Israel "reach the breaking point" as invasion of Rafah begins and Netanyahu rejects ceasefire

[Neo-Malthusian Misanthrope]

Per Reuters: "The United States is concerned about Israel's latest strikes against the southern Gaza city of Rafah but does not believe they represent a major military operation, a U.S. official said. The official said the U.S. is focused on heading off a major military operation into densely populated areas of Rafah and that it does not appear the Israelis are doing that."

Unless you completely disregard the US line on anything Israel does, acting like this will lead to the leveling of an entire city and an order of magnitude greater casualties is pure hyperbole. It will not be of any greater scale than the urban warfare we've seen thus far, for better or worse.