Biden says US will withhold weapons from Israel if it invades Rafah

US President Joe Biden addresses rising levels of antisemitism, during a speech at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum's Annual Days of Remembrance ceremony, at the US Capitol building in Washington, US, May 7, 2024.President Joe Biden on Wednesday publicly warned Israel for the first time that the US would stop supplying it weapons if Israeli forces make a major invasion of Rafah, a refugee-packed city in southern Gaza.

Biden acknowledged US weapons have been used by Israel to kill civilians in Gaza, where Israel has mounted a seven-month-old offencive aimed at annihilating Hamas. Israel's campaign has so far killed 34,789 Palestinians, mostly civilians, the Gaza Health Ministry said. "Civilians have been killed in Gaza as a consequence of those bombs and other ways in which they go after population centres," he said when asked about 2,000-pound bombs sent to Israel.

Israel's campaign in Gaza was triggered by Hamas ' Oct 7 attack on Israel. That killed about 1,200 people with about 250 others abducted, of whom 133 are believed to remain in captivity in Gaza, according to Israeli tallies.

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