Head of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas said at a conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Sunday that he expected an IDF operation in Rafah in the next days.
He added that only the United States could stop Israel from attacking Rafah.
"We call on the United States of America to ask Israel to not carry on the Rafah attack. America is the only country able to prevent Israel from committing this crime," Abbas told a special meeting of the World Economic Forum in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
Abbas reiterated that he rejects the displacement of Palestinians into Jordan and Egypt and said he is concerned that once Israel completes its operations in Gaza, it will then attempt to force the Palestinian population out of the West Bank and into Jordan.