Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed on Tuesday that the US is holding weapons and that this was halting Israel’s offensive in Rafah, a city in southern Gaza, where fighting has hampered the now depressing humanitarian situation for Palestinians. Due to concerns over the killing of civilians in Gaza, President Obama has delayed delivering some big bombs to Israel since May. The administration has gone to great lengths to refute any idea that Israeli troops have crossed a reddish line in the growing Rafah war, which may lead to a more extensive restrictions on hands payments.
Netanyahu, in a short movie, spoke straight to the lens in English as he lobbed strong accusations at Biden over “bottlenecks” in arms payments. ” It’s unthinkable that in the past few months, the management has been withholding weapons and materiel to Israel”, Netanyahu said, adding,” Give us the instruments and we’ll finish the job a lot faster”.
Israeli forces declined to comment on the situation and Netanyahu did n’t provide more details about what weapons were being held back. Ophir Falk, a foreign policy adviser to Netanyahu, delayed concerns on information to the US state.
Netanyahu even asserted that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken claimed to be working around-the-clock to stop the difficulties during a recent visit to Israel. Blinken claimed during a press conference on Tuesday that the only reason Israel had to hold off on sending arms to it was those large-capacity weapons from May. We are still reviewing one package of 2, 000-pound weapons, as Prez Biden has mentioned, because of our worries about their usage in a densely populated area like Rafah, he said. ” That remains under assessment. However, everything else is moving typically.” AP
