The White House has warned against invading Rafah without civilian protections.
Sen. Chris Coons, left, walks through the Senate subway on his way to a vote in the Capitol, May 4, 2023. Rep. Michael McCaul speaks to press after House of Representatives passed bills, including aid to Ukraine and Israel, on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, April 20, 2024.
The Biden administration opted to pause a shipment of some 3,500 bombs to Israel earlier this month because of concerns the weapons could be used in Rafah, where more than one million civilians are sheltering "with nowhere else to go," a senior administration official previously told ABC News.ABC News’ Martha Raddatz interviews Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., on “This Week.”
Netanyahu, meanwhile, insisted Israel will not be pressured into altering its military plans and that it already has enough weapons to attack Rafah if it so chooses. Netanyahu has saidCritics of the president have said the State Department memo and Biden's warning are insufficient, with Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., saying last week that the report "ducked all the hard questions" -- an assertion Coons sought to downplay.
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