Head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Charles Q. Brown, has presented Washington’s proposal for an alternative to the ground offensive of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on the city of Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reports The Times of Israel. During a recent conversation with the Chief of Staff of the IDF, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, Charles Q. Brown stated that the US will not tolerate mass civilian casualties in Rafah, considering the number of civilian casualties in the northern and central parts of the Gaza Strip. Brown summarized Washington’s proposal, which includes…