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.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that President Joe Biden is making a mistake delaying a shipment of bombs to his country to help fight their war against Hamas .
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will defend itself alone if necessary amid growing international criticism of the war in Gaza. "If we have to stand alone, we will stand alone," he said in a video message released on Thursday. He said Israel would fight "with our fingernails" to win, in his first public statement after Washington said it would restrict arms supplies in the case of a broader attack on Rafah. Netanyahu referred to the Israeli War of Independence of 1948, saying Israel...
WASHINGTON — 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. In an interview with CNN, Biden deplored the fact that civilians had been killed by the dropping of U.S. bombs on the Palestinian territory. His warning came after the US last week halted a shipment of huge American bombs to Israel as it appeared ready to proceed with a major attack on...
President Joe Biden said Wednesday the U.S. would not supply Israel with certain weapons and artillery shells if its military invades Rafah, a city in southern Gaza where more than 1 million people are sheltering. If the Israeli military launches a ground offensive in Rafah, the administration will not supply “the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah, to deal with the cities,” Biden said in an interview on CNN. “We’re not going to supply the weapons and the artillery...
Israeli troops seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing on Tuesday in what the White House described as a limited operation, as fears mount of a full-scale invasion of the southern city as talks with Hamas over a cease-fire and hostage release remain on a knife's edge. The U.N.
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
CAIRO (AP) — Israeli troops seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing on Tuesday in what the White House described as a limited operation, as fears mount of a full-scale invasion of the southern city and talks with Hamas over a cease-fire and hostage release remain on a knife’s edge. The U.N. warned of []
CAIRO (AP) — Israeli troops seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing on Tuesday in what the White House described as a limited operation, as fears mount of a full-scale invasion of the southern city and talks with Hamas over a cease-fire and hostage release remain on a knife’s edge. The U.N. warned of []
Biden acknowledges US bombs provided to Israel used to kill Gaza civilians
President Joe Biden insisted Israel was not committing genocide in Gaza and mistakeningly said one of the hostages was at the White House, before quickly correcting himself.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Benny Gantz, a member of Israel’s three-man war Cabinet, has threatened to resign from the government if it doesn’t adopt a new plan for the war in Gaza, a move that would leave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu more reliant on his far-right allies. His announcement on Saturday escalates a divide within Israel’s leadership more than seven months into a war in which it has yet to accomplish its stated goals of dismantling Hamas and returning scores of hostages abducted...