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The US government is insisting that the army’s advance on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip is a “limited” operation, after talks with the Israeli government. We have “repeatedly and consistently” made clear concerns about a “major operation in Rafah in densely populated areas that would give higher risk to civilians and civilian casualties,” National Security Council Communications Director John Kirby said on Tuesday. However, Washington was assured in talks with Israeli representatives that it was an operation of “limited duration in size and scope and scale” aimed at disrupting H…