The US President Joe Biden publicly warned Israel for the first time that the United States would stop supplying its weapons if Israeli forces make a major invasion of Rafah, a city in southern Gaza.
The US President Joe Biden publicly warned Israel for the first time that the US would stop supplying its weapons if Israeli forces make a major invasion of Rafah, a city in southern Gaza.
Mr Biden acknowledged US weapons have been used by Israel to kill civilians in Gaza, where Israel has mounted a seven-month-old offensive aimed at annihilating Hamas. Israel's campaign has so far killed 34,789 Palestinians, mostly civilians, the Gaza Health Ministry said. A senior US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said his government had carefully reviewed the delivery of weapons that might be used in Rafah and as a result paused a shipment consisting of 1,800 2,000-pound bombs and 1,700 500-pound bombs.
"Civilians have been killed in Gaza as a consequence of those bombs and other ways in which they go after population centres," he said when asked about 2,000-pound bombs sent to Israel.That killed about 1,200 people with about 250 others abducted, of whom 133 are believed to remain in captivity in Gaza, according to Israeli tallies.
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