Browsing: Israel-Hamas War

The Israeli military is advancing further into Rafah to fight against Hamas as tensions have increased between the U.S. and Israel over the potential for major fighting in Gaza’s southernmost city, which is sheltering around 1.3 million Palestinians. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported on Sunday that troops are carrying out "precise operations" in specific areas…

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday that President Biden's warning to withhold offensive weapons from Israel does not indicate that the U.S. plans to 'abandon' Israel. Sullivan, in a conversation with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, cautioned about the 'significant' civilian casualties in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. This comes following President Biden's recent threat…

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) clashed with NBC News anchor Kristen Welker after he emphasized that Israel should do “whatever it takes” to defeat Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza, while drawing a comparison between Israel’s wartime actions and the U.S. dropping atomic bombs in World War II. “Here’s what I would say about fighting an enemy who wants to…

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) weighed in on the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, dubbing it “Biblical warfare.” “Israel doesn’t occupy the land, they own it. The promised land is theirs,” Mace posted on social media platform X. “It’s Biblical warfare, plain and simple.” Mace, like many other Republican lawmakers, has been supportive…

President Biden's statement this week, cautioning Israel that the United States will not provide it with weapons if it enters Rafah, has angered the Republican Party. This is expected to be the main topic of this week's Sunday talk shows. In a conversation with CNN's Erin Burnett on Wednesday, Biden mentioned that if the Israel Defense Forces…

Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair, stated that military aid to Israel should continue, even though the war conduct report released by the State Department on Friday raised concerns. Cardin’s remarks on transferring military aid to Israel are different than that of the White House, as President Biden withheld sending over some bombs…

Israel is ordering new evacuations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where over one million Palestinians are sheltering, as the country is preparing to expand its military operations.  People in Rafah were told by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) to head north to the Al Mawasi area. They were also instructed to head west…

Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) described the Biden administration’s review of Israel’s war conduct in the Gaza Strip — which acknowledged the likely violation of international humanitarian law using U.S. weapons — as “woefully inadequate,” but did not indicate a ban on arms transfers. “If this conduct complies with international standards, God help us all,”…

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) criticized President Biden, accusing him of being part of the “pro-Hamas group” in the Democratic Party, following his threat to withhold weapons from Israel if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proceeds with a full-scale invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza. Asked on Fox News’s “FOX and Friends” for his reaction to Biden’s latest…

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he hopes President Biden was having a “senior moment” when he threatened to withhold weapons from Israel if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proceeded with an invasion into Rafah in southern Gaza. Johnson, in a wide-ranging interview with Politico — which will air in full on a forthcoming episode of its…