Gelonghui May 9| U.S. President Biden said in an interview with CNN that if Israel attacks the southern Gaza city of Rafah on a large-scale scale, the United States will stop providing weapons and artillery shells to Israel, but the United States will continue to provide Israel with defensive weapons, including the Iron Dome air defense system.
Biden said that Israel's current actions in Rafah have not crossed a red line,megamillionspotHe has made it clear to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wartime cabinet that if the Israeli army attacks the densely populated area of Rafah, it will not receive U.S. support. Asked about the 2000-pound bombs provided by the United States to Israel, Biden admitted that civilians had died in Gaza because of the bombs. A senior U.S. official said Washington had carefully reviewed weapons shipped to Israel that could be used in Rafah and suspended shipments of 1800 2000-pound bombs and 1700 500-pound bombs.
