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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a video message on Thursday vowing that Israel “will stand alone” to defeat Hamas, if vital, after President Biden threatened to withhold weapon shipments to the Jewish State ought to Netanyahu proceed with an invasion of Rafah.
Netanyahu echoed the 1948 Israeli warfare of independence in his remarks, saying that regardless of a weapons embargo on Israel, Israelis had fought and defeated the Arab nations who attacked the nascent Jewish state, due to their bravery and unity.
“At the moment, we’re a lot stronger,” the prime minister stated. “We’re decided, and we’re united to be able to defeat our enemies and people who wish to destroy us.”
“If we have to stand alone, we’ll stand alone,” Netanyahu continued.
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Netanyahu vowed to “combat tooth and nail” with or with out assist from the U.S. (Reuters/ Ronen Zvulun)
Netanyahu’s remarks come a day after Biden stated that he wouldn’t provide Israel with weapons to assault Rafah, Hamas’ final stronghold in Gaza, over issues about a couple of million civilians sheltering there.
“Civilians have been killed in Gaza as a consequence of these bombs and different methods through which they go after inhabitants facilities,” Biden informed CNN’s Erin Burnett in an interview launched Wednesday.
Biden stated the U.S. will not provide Israel with weapons to assault Rafah. (AP Photograph/Morry Gash)
“I made it clear that in the event that they go into Rafah – they haven’t gone in Rafah but – in the event that they go into Rafah, I’m not supplying the weapons which have been used traditionally to take care of Rafah, to take care of the cities – that take care of that drawback,” Biden stated.
Biden clarified that the U.S. will proceed sending defensive weapons to Israel, corresponding to provides for Israel’s Iron Dome.
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Israel has ordered the evacuation of 100,000 Palestinians from town. Israeli forces have additionally carried out what it describes as “focused strikes” on the jap a part of Rafah.
Biden was criticized for pausing a weapons cargo to Israel and purportedly maintaining his determination quiet till after his Holocaust Remembrance Day tackle, through which he in contrast Hamas to the Nazis. Israeli critics argue he’s now backpedaling from his ironclad dedication to the Jewish state by delaying deliveries of important precision weapons to Jerusalem.
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan stated throughout an interview with Israeli Channel 12 TV information that he believed the transfer stemmed from political strain on Biden from Congress, the U.S. campus protests and the upcoming election.
On Thursday, U.S. State Division spokesman Matt Miller addressed Biden’s feedback and stated that the U.S. will “all the time be dedicated to Israel’s safety” and serving to the Jewish State to defend towards Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran and threats from different terrorist teams.
“I am not going to get forward of what the president stated final evening. We’re reviewing,” Miller stated. “We’ve got paused one cargo. We’re reviewing others. However because the president made clear, we’ll all the time be dedicated to Israel’s protection.
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“However after we have a look at a possible operation in Rafah,” Miller continued, “the president made clear that we aren’t going to offer them sure weapons that they may use in such an operation.”
Fox Information’ Joseph A. Wulfsohn, Benjamin Weinthal and Nicholas Kalman, together with the Related Press, contributed to this report.
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