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Belgium’s deputy PM claims Rafah operation will ‘lead to massacre’
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Belgian Vice-Prime Minister Petra De Sutter attends a media conference in Brussels, Feb 12, 2021. (Didier Lebrun, Pool via AP)
Belgium’s deputy prime minister says an operation in Rafah will “lead to massacre.”
Petra De Sutter also says on X that Brussels is “working on further sanctions” against Israel.
One month after October 7, De Sutter was calling publicly for sanctions against Israel and an immediate suspension of the Israel-EU association agreement.
She is slated to meet Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riad al-Maliki later today.
Belgium announced sanctions against violent Israeli settlers in March.
