He told CNN Israel has used American bombs to kill civilians in Gaza.
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that American bombs have been used to kill civilians in Gaza and doubled down on the his administration’s plan to withhold weapons that Israel could use as part of a major invasion of Rafah.
More than a million Palestinians have sought refuge in the city in southern Gaza.
At least 30 people had been killed in Rafah since Tuesday, including women and children, the Al Kuwaiti hospital spokesperson in Rafah . More than 33,000 have been killed overall in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health. »I know that you have paused, Mr. President, shipments of 2,000 pound U.S. bombs to Israel due to concern that they could be used in any offensive on Rafah. Have those bombs, those powerful 2,000 pound bombs been used to kill civilians in Gaza? » CNN’s Erin Burnett asked in the rare major network television interview.
« Civilians have been killed in Gaza as a consequence of those bombs and other ways in which they go after population centers, » Biden answered.
