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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 wait in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. (Heidi Levine for The Washington Post)

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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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