In his most direct warning yet, Joe Biden has said the US will stop weapons supplies to Israel if it attacks Rafah in southern Gaza.
President Joe Biden on Thursday publicly warned Israel for the first time that the US would stop supplying it weapons if Israeli forces make a major invasion of Rafah, a city in southern Gaza. In an interview with CNN, Biden deplored the fact that civilians had been killed by the dropping of US bombs on the Palestinian territory. "If they go into Rafah, I'm not supplying the weapons that have been used … to deal with the cities," Biden said.
The US decision was taken due to concerns about the "end-use of the 2,000-pound bombs and the impact they could have in dense urban settings as we have seen in other parts of Gaza," said a US official speaking on condition of anonymity. The US had carefully reviewed the delivery of weapons that might be used in Rafah, the official said. The decision was made last week, US officials said. Biden was directly involved.
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