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Israel Ready to Stand Alone as US Threatens to Stop Arms Shipments

AFP

Netanyahu says Israel is ready to be left alone. After the United States threatened to stop sending weapons

AFP News Agency reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on May 9 that Israel is ready to “Stand alone” in the war against Hamas in Gaza After US President Joe Biden threatened on May 8 that the United States would stop sending some weapons to Israel. If Israel goes ahead with a major attack on Rafah. The city is home to around 1.4 million Palestinians fleeing war in the northern Gaza Strip.

Netanyahu did not mention the US threat at all in his statement. But he repeated his opinion on the occasion of Israel’s Independence Day. That we are the few fighting against the many. “Today we are much stronger. We are determined and we are united to defeat our enemies and those who hope to destroy us,” Netanyahu said.

In addition to that the Prime Minister of Israel also said We will not give up, and together we will win with the strength of our hearts and God’s help

Mr said. Daniel Hagari, spokesman for the Israeli army: The army had enough weapons to achieve the Israeli objective in Rafah. The United States has provided unprecedented aid to Israel since the beginning of the war. Israel has our own interests and we are also sensitive to US interests.

On the same day the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has announced that its headquarters in East Jerusalem will temporarily close. Israeli citizens set fire to the exterior of the agency’s headquarters building twice in the evening of May 9, marking the second attack on a UNRWA building in as many days.

However, no UNRWA personnel were injured or killed in the incident. But it caused heavy damage to the area outside the headquarters. UNRWA officers had to put out the fire themselves according to the head of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, that the latest arson incident is another time when the lives of UN officials are in serious danger.

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