US President Joe Biden has warned that he will stop supplying the Israelis with weapons if they try to invade Rafah. In an interview to CNN, Biden said “I made it clear that if they go into Rafah – they haven’t gone in Rafah yet – if they go into Rafah, I’m not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah, to deal with the cities – that deal with that problem.” For Israel, actions in Rafah have already taken place. However, that has not crossed Biden’s red line yet. The Biden administration has repeatedly called on Netanyahu and his government to reconsider its plans for a full-scale invasion of Rafah, the southernmost city of Gaza where more than 1 million people are sheltering after fleeing from fighting elsewhere in the strip. Israel has, so far, carried out a limited operation around the city, taking control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing. But Netanyahu insists that a ground invasion is necessary to eliminate Hamas in its last stronghold.
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