Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Israel can stand alone after US President Joe Biden's threats to restrict arm supplies.
According to BBC, Netanyahu pledged, “If we need to... we will stand alone. I have said that if necessary, we will fight with our fingernails.”
The prime minister recalled, “In the War of Independence 76 years ago, we were the few against the many. We did not have weapons. There was an arms embargo on Israel, but with great strength of spirit, heroism and unity among us, we were victorious."
The Israeli government came under pressure since the US suspended the delivery of 1,800 2,000lb bombs and 17,000 500lb bombs amid fear that they could cause civilian death in Gaza's southern city of Rafah.
Biden, on May 8, in an exclusive interview on CNN, warned Israel that the US would withhold arms shipment if the attack in Rafah went ahead.
Moreover, as per the White House national security spokesman John Kirby, President Biden did not believe that ‘smashing into Rafah’ would advance Israel’s objective of defeating Hamas.
Meanwhile, Kerby emphasised, “An enduring defeat of Hamas certainly remains the Israeli goal, and we share that goal with them.”
