A growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza has led to some congressional Republicans, who have been generally supportive of Israel’s war against Hamas, questioning Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to occupy Gaza City.

Lawmakers have said the plan could be a logistical nightmare, resulting in Israel further alienating itself from the international community, as support for the country has dropped in the U.S., Axios reported.

“I’d like to know who is actually going to run it,” Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., a member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee that oversees the Middle East, said to Axios.

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