The US president has acknowledged that his shipments have been used to kill civilians in the Gaza Strip. For his part, Israel’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, has called Biden’s announcement “very disappointing.”
USA will interrupt the shipment of weapons to Israel for the first time if this country begins a large-scale incursion into Rafah. The announcement was made by the president of the United States, Joe Biden, after acknowledging that his weapons shipments have been used to kill civilians in the Gaza Strip. Today, more than 1.4 million displaced Palestinians take refuge in Ráfah.
Biden has maintained that he has “made it clear that if (troops) enter RAfAH,” he will not provide them with weapons that “have historically been used to deal with the problem” in the “fight against the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).” . “Civilians have died in Gaza as a result of these bombs and other ways in which they attack population centers,” he declared, referring to the halting of the shipment of 3,500 bombs due to their impact on the local population.
Likewise, in an interview on CNN, Biden also pointed out that the Israeli Army has still “not crossed the red line” because for the moment it has not “entered” densely populated areas, but has limited itself to taking control of the border crossing.
“Disappointing”
The permanent representative of Israel before the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, has not been slow to respond to the statements of the American president. He has described how “very disappointing” the announcement made by Biden. “I do not attribute bad intentions to the president, but I think it is quite clear that any pressure or restrictions on Israel, even from close allies who want the best for us, are interpreted by our enemies, Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah, as something that It gives them hope when it comes to achieving their goals,” he argued.
He has clarified that the weapons sent by the United States “They are defensive.” “Israel will have to do what it believes is necessary for the security of its citizens,” he said, in statements given to the Israeli public broadcaster Kan
“If Israel is restricted from entering an area as important and central as Rafah, where thousands of terrorists, hostages and Hamas leaders are still present, how exactly is the goal of destroying Hamas going to be achieved?” asked Israel’s permanent representative to the UN.
Source: Eitb
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