Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that his country would be ready to fight on its own if necessary. This statement came after US President Joe Biden threatened to suspend certain arms deliveries to Israel if its army entered Rafah, a town in the south of the Gaza Strip

In a statement from his office, Benjamin Netanyahu said that if Israel had to defend itself, it would do so. He stressed: ‘If we have to stand alone, we will stand alone. As I said before, if we have to, we will fight with our fingernails”, in response to the American threats.

The Israeli army spokesman, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, assured us that the army had enough weapons to carry out its mission in Rafah. This statement comes at a time when Benjamin Netanyahu has already expressed the need for Israel to be able to defend itself.

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