President Biden has said that his government will stop supplying weapons and artillery to Israel if its forces launch an all-out assault on Rafah.
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As Israel pushes deeper into Rafah, Hamas regroups elsewhere in ungoverned Gaza
U.S. secretary of state reiterated opposition to a major military assault on Rafah, telling CBS that Israel would ‘be left holding the bag on an enduring insurgency’ without an exit from Gaza and postwar governance plan.
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U.S. offers Israel intelligence, supplies in effort to avoid Rafah invasion
President Biden and his senior aides have been making such offers over the last several weeks in hopes they will persuade Israel to conduct a more limited and targeted operation in the southern Gaza city.
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Israel orders new evacuations in Gaza’s last refuge of Rafah as it expands military offensive
The United Nations and others have warned that Israel’s planned full-scale Rafah invasion would cripple humanitarian operations and cause a disastrous surge in civilian casualties.
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U.S. says Israel’s use of U.S. arms likely violated international law, but evidence is incomplete
Biden has tried to walk an ever-finer line in his support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war against Hamas.
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Heavy fighting in Rafah keeps aid crossings closed, sends 100,000 civilians fleeing
The U.N.’s World Food Program will run out of food for distribution in southern Gaza by Saturday unless more aid arrives.
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U.S. says Rafah offensive would jeopardize cease-fire talks as Biden threatens to halt more Israel aid
The pronouncements are part of last-ditch push for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right government to rethink their public commitments to invade the city in an effort to eradicate Hamas.
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Netanyahu says Israel ‘will stand alone’ if it has to after Biden threatens to withhold arms
The ultranationalist prime minister’s remarks indicated that Israel might proceed with an invasion of the packed Gazan city of Rafah against the wishes of its closest ally.
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U.S. paused shipment of thousands of bombs to Israel amid Rafah rift
One U.S. official described the move as a ‘shot across the bow’ to underscore to Israel the seriousness of Washington’s concerns over the looming offensive.
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Israel says it reopened a key Gaza crossing, but the UN says no aid has entered
The U.S., Egypt and Qatar are ramping up efforts to reach a possible agreement for at least a temporary cease-fire and the release of some of the scores of Israeli hostages still held by Hamas.