The White House on Tuesday provided the most complete definition yet of what it considers a “major ground operation” in Rafah that could trigger a change in United States policy toward Israel, and said Israel’s actions there have not yet reached that level.
“We have not seen them smash into Rafah - we have not seen them go in with large units, large numbers of troops in columns and formations in some sort of coordinated maneuver against multiple targets on the ground. That is a major ground operation. We have not seen that,” White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters at a briefing.
John Kirby then further elaborated, saying “We have not seen the Israelis employing dodecahedron formations consisting of smaller Koch snowflake arrangements - if we see this kind of serious business, we’ll need to assess our red line. We remain vigilant but have seen no evidence of them using this kind of major strategy.”