Israel wants to invade Rafah. But to deter the Jewish state from carrying out the operation, the Biden administration has put a hold on ammunition shipments.
President Joe Biden said Wednesday he would not supply offensive weapons that Israel could use to launch an all-out assault on Rafah over concern for the well-being of the more than 1 million civilians sheltering there.
President Joe Biden's administration paused a shipment of weapons to Israel last week in opposition to apparent moves by the Israelis to invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah, a senior administration official said on Tuesday.
President Biden said Wednesday that he will halt shipments of U.S. weapons to Israel, if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moves forward with a major assault on the city of Rafah in Gaza.
In an interview with CNN, President Biden said he would withhold weapons from Israel if the Jewish State went forward with its invasion of the highly-populated city of Rafah.
A pause in the shipment of arms was made over concerns about Israeli strikes potentially harming the more than 1.2 million civilians who are sheltering in Rafah.
President Biden said Wednesday that "I'm not supplying the weapons" if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moves forward with a full attack on the Hamas-controlled city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip.
The president said the U.S. is still committed to provide defensive weapons, but won't ship offensive weapons out of concern for the more than 1 million civilians sheltering in Rafah on the Gaza Strip.
Israeli officials have slammed US President Biden over remarks to CNN he would halt some weapons shipments to Israel if a full-scale Rafah ground operation is launched.
President Joe Biden said Wednesday he would stop US weapons supplies to Israel if it attacks Rafah in southern Gaza, his most direct warning to date over the prosecution of the war against Hamas. His
President Joe Biden today publicly warned Israel for the first time that the U.S. would stop supplying it weapons if Israeli forces make a major invasion of Rafah, a refugee-packed city in southern Gaza.
President Joe Biden said in an interview with CNN Wednesday that his administration would halt the shipment to Israel of offensive weapons including bombs, artillery shells and fighter jets if the Israeli military moves ahead with a full-scale operation in Rafah.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., responds to President Joe Biden’s threat to withhold weapons if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invades Rafah, Gaza.
Racine, Wisconsin (CNN) — President Joe Biden said for the first time Wednesday he would halt some shipments of American weapons to Israel – which he acknowledged have
The president’s remarks underscore a growing rift over the war in Gaza. He also acknowledged that U.S. bombs have been used to kill Palestinian civilians.
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