{"id":322266,"date":"2024-05-09T15:15:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T19:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=322266"},"modified":"2024-05-12T16:41:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T20:41:25","slug":"us-threatens-to-health-weapons-delivery-if-israel-invades-rafah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/us-threatens-to-health-weapons-delivery-if-israel-invades-rafah\/","title":{"rendered":"US threatens to halt weapons delivery if Israel invades Rafah"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/68\/Joe_Biden_presidential_portrait.jpg\/800px-Joe_Biden_presidential_portrait.jpg\" alt=\"Official portrait of Joe Biden as president of the United States\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">US president Joe Biden By Adam Schultz &#8211;\u00a0 Public Domain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that he would suspend certain deliveries of American weapons to Israel if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decides to launch a significant incursion into the city of Rafah. In an exclusive interview with CNN&#8217;s Erin Burnett on &#8220;Erin Burnett OutFront,&#8221; Biden expressed concern over civilian casualties in Gaza caused by the use of these weapons, including 2,000-pound bombs that were recently put on hold.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that if Israeli forces enter Rafah, he will not provide the weapons historically used in such situations.<\/p>\n<p>This decision marks a pivotal moment in the ongoing seven-month conflict between Israel and Hamas, with Biden acknowledging the US&#8217;s involvement in civilian deaths in Gaza. Despite facing pressure, including from within his own party, to restrict arms shipments due to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Biden had previously backed Israel&#8217;s actions against Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>On the heels of Israel&#8217;s command for evacuation of Rafah and recent border strikes, however, the prospect of an invasion of\u00a0 the city, where over a million Palestinian civilians reside, seems to have influenced the president&#8217;s stance on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>This latest development reportedly could initiate an increasing divide between the US and Israeli governments, with Biden publicly linking the US shipment of weapons to Israel&#8217;s actions in the region. He revealed that he had warned Israel&#8217;s PM, Benjamin &#8220;Bibi&#8221; Netanyahu, of the possibility of becoming mired in the Gaza situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve made it clear to Bibi and the war cabinet: They\u2019re not going to get our support, if in fact they go on these population centers,\u201d\u00a0 Biden said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that he would suspend certain deliveries of American weapons to Israel if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decides to launch a significant incursion into the city of Rafah. 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