Biden will pause more offensive military assistance to Israel if it goes through with the operation.
{beacon} Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story As Israel chokes off Rafah, US scrambles to salvage cease-fire talks The White House on Tuesday pushed to finalize a cease-fire agreement that would pause fighting in Gaza, even as Israel carried out a
President Biden is vowing to withhold weapons from Israel if the Jewish State goes forward with its invasion of Rafah, Hamas' last stronghold in Gaza. "Civilians have been killed in Gaza as a consequence of those bombs and other ways in which they go after population centers," Biden told CNN’s Erin Burnett in an interview released Wednesday. "I made it clear that if they go into Rafah – they haven’t gone in Rafah yet – if they go into Rafah, I’m not supplying the weapons that have been used...
President Joe Biden said he would halt additional shipments of offensive weapons to Israel if the country proceeded with a ground invasion of Rafah, decrying the potential loss of civilian life as “just wrong.”
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) stated that while President Joe Biden has been a strong supporter of Israel, the administration delaying arms sales to the country is wrong and the only
President Joe Biden said he will halt weapon shipments to Israel if it launches a ground invasion on Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza where approximately 1.3 million people are sheltering. “If they go into Rafah, I’m not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah, to deal with the cities — that deal with that problem,” Biden told CNN on Wednesday. “We’re going to continue to make sure Israel is secure in terms of Iron Dome and their ability to respond to...
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.
US President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday, 8 May, that he would suspend certain deliveries of American weapons to Israel if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decides on an invasion of Rafah, admitting that these arms have been employed in Gaza, resulting in civilian casualties. “Civilians have been killed in Gaza as a consequence of those bombs and other ways in which they go after population centers,” Biden told CNN. The Biden administration has faced remarkable pressure, even from...
He told CNN Israel has used American bombs to kill civilians in Gaza.
The White House is lamenting the collapse of cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas and pledging to keep working with both sides to strike a deal.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed that Washington had paused the shipment of ‘high-payload munitions’ to Israel.
In an exclusive interview with CNN's Erin Burnett, President Joe Biden said for the first time he would halt shipments of American weapons to Israel -- which he acknowledged have been used to kill civilians in Gaza -- if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders a major invasion of the city of Rafah.