President Joe Biden has said that he will not supply bombs to Israel to be used in a ground assault on Rafah.
President Joe Biden's red lines on a potential ground offensive in Gaza may have upended the U.S.-Israeli relationship as Israel prepares for a possible assault on the city of Rafah.Biden said on Wednesday that he would not supply bombs to Israel that could be used to attack Rafah, and he acknowledged that U.S. bombs had killed Palestinians.
Biden suggested in his Wednesday interview that Israel had not yet crossed the administration's red lines after Israeli troops took control of Gaza's Rafah border crossing, which connects Gaza with Egypt.The president said the Israelis 'haven't gone into the population centers. What they did is right on the border.' He added, though, that he had told the Israeli government 'they're not going to get our support, if, in fact, they go in these population centers.
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