The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is “burning” to Rafah, and the United States is still “fighting the fire”. Israel says Rafah battle 'inevitable' and "the war cannot end without attacking Rafah" Israel also intends to use the Battle of Rafah to control the "Philadelphia Corridor" from Rafah south to Egypt to prevent weapons smuggling into Gaza and prevent senior Hamas officials from smuggling weapons into Gaza.

The United States has pushed the situation in Gaza into a more dangerous situation.