I made it clear that if they go into Rafa,
they haven't gone on Rafa yet.
They go into Rafa. I'm not supplying the weapons that
have been used historically to deal with Rafa,
to deal with the cities to deal with that problem.
We're going to continue to make sure Israel is secure
in terms of Iron Dome and their ability to respond
to attacks like came out of the Middle East recently.
OK. For more on this,
I'm joined by Bloomberg, Dana Krish in Dubai.
Dana, what does the US President's comment then the statement,
pretty forceful. What does it mean in terms of US
support for Israel during the war?
Is this a pivot moment in terms of that support?
It is very rare, unusual for the US to actually
pause any shipments to Israel and that hasn't happened.
It has. It hasn't happened since the October war on
Gaza.
This is the US for the first time in this
war using its leverage against Israel and pausing this shipment.
We saw yesterday confirmation of that and we also saw
saw the US later saying it would review and may
review near term agreements for weapons if.
Israel goes ahead with a full offensive on Rafah.
Now they chose specific arms,
which is this 2000 LB.
Bomb that has been criticized by humanitarian agencies for its
use in the Gaza war,
saying that it causes too much collateral damage now on
the ground.
This might not impact Israel's ability to launch the offensive,
but it's a very strong signal,
strong warning by the US to its most closest ally
to say,
listen to us, don't go into Rafah.
Dana, what is the latest in terms of the developments
on the ground in Rafah?
So we saw yesterday Israel taking over the Rafah border
crossing from the Gaza side,
which also borders Egypt. And this is what prompted a
lot of UN agencies to say this is very dangerous
because Gaza is already in famine and they were warning
of fuel shortages. We saw pictures out of Gaza where
people were moving to the Moasi area,
where Israel says has access to humanitarian aid.
And we also saw people setting up their own makeshift
tents in San Yunus among the ruins in Gaza.
So the situation still is very dire in terms of
humanitarian aid coming in,
despite the fact that Israel said it reopened.
The Karim Shalom and more aid is coming in,
but yet again this is also the US saying.
Or this is again the US and UN agencies saying
Israel needs to do more to allow more humanitarian aid
to come into Gaza.