US President Joe Biden has said that if Israel conducts a large-scale operation in Rafah, the southern city of Gaza in Palestine, he will stop supplying the country (Israel) with US weapons.
Biden gave this warning to the ally Israel in an interview given to the American media CNN on Wednesday.
The Gaza war began seven months ago. The Ministry of Health of Gaza said yesterday that since October 7, 34 thousand 844 people have been killed by Israeli forces.
This is the first time Biden has publicly, directly warned Israel since the Gaza war began. Biden admits that Israel is using US weapons to kill civilians in Gaza.
Biden expressed regret over the civilian casualties caused by the use of US-supplied bombs in the Palestinian territories.
The location of the city of Rafah near the Egyptian border. A large number of Palestinian civilians have taken refuge in the city.
Israel appears ready to launch a major military operation in Rafah. In such a context, the United States last week suspended a large shipment of US bombs to Israel. After this incident came a new warning from Biden.
Biden said that if Israel goes ahead with the operation in Rafah, he will not supply the country with US weapons.
Biden is a self-proclaimed Zionist. He has been trying to prevent Israel from launching a major operation in Rafah. He also publicly called on Israel not to carry out the operation.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made it clear he will press ahead with the Rafah operation, US officials said in private conversations. In this situation, Biden was forced to take a tough stance.
The Biden administration last week suspended a major U.S. bomb shipment amid growing pressure from the left wing of his party to limit arms shipments to Israel.
However, Biden said yesterday that they are not moving away from the issue of Israel's security.
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