The six hostages whose bodies were found Saturday in a tunnel underneath Gaza — including American-Israeli Hersh Goldberg-Polin — were discovered in Rafah, the city that Vice President Kamala Harris told Israel not to enter.
In February, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel was prepared to enter Rafah, a key town on the Gaza-Egypt border where Hamas leaders were thought to be hiding and holding some of the Israeli hostages.
Kamala Harris, echoing the Biden administration’s warnings, told Israel not to enter Rafah, saying that there could be many Palestinian civilians killed, and warning of possible “consequences,” hinting that the U.S. would withhold weapons.
“I’ve studied the maps,” Harris said.