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Israel defiant after U.S. warns it will halt arms shipments over Rafah

Israel is ready to “stand alone” in the fight against its enemies, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday, after Biden threatened to cut off weapons.

By Shira Rubin

Michael Birnbaum

and

Karen DeYoung

Updated May 9, 2024 at 7:06 p.m. EDT|Published May 9, 2024 at 7:37 a.m. EDT

Israeli soldiers with military vehicles gather Thursday at an undisclosed position near the border fence with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel. (Abir Sultan/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)

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TEL AVIV — Israel is ready to “stand alone” in the fight against its enemies, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement Thursday, after President Biden warned that he would halt the flow of certain weapons if Israeli troops invaded Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

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