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...
"Stop the fighting. Bring the hostages back," Biden said.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that his country would continue its fight against Hamas despite increased White House pressure to temper the current conflict against the terrorist organization. “If we have to stand alone, we will stand alone. If we need to, we will fight with our fingernails. But we have much more than
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.”
President Biden’s red line against a major Israeli military operation on Rafah has left Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a crossroads: Any major move to crush Hamas in its last stronghold in southern Gaza could trigger an unprecedented break in ties with the U.S., while failing to take decisive action could cause his political
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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
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to continue his attack on Hamas in Rafah amid pending cease-fire negotiations. Cease-fires only prolong wars. They do not end wars.
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.