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The president's remarks underscore a growing rift over the war in Gaza. He also acknowledged that U.S. bombs have been used to kill Palestinian civilians.
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Israel closed the Kerem Shalom border crossing after a Hamas attack killed four Israeli soldiers there. The U.S. pause comes amid concerns about Israel's Rafah plans.
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President Biden said "I'm not supplying the weapons" for an Israeli operation in Rafah. Republicans criticized the president's decision to postpone a shipment of weapons to an American ally. The move comes amid reports that civilians were killed in earlier Israeli strikes using American bombs in Rafah. Talks continued on a cease-fire and hostage deal. NBC News' Andrea Mitchell reports.
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Israel's seizure of the Gaza-Egypt crossing plunged the aid community into crisis, severing key supply lines and stranding international aid workers.
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The president's comments to CNN follow news that one shipment of bombs is already on hold out of concern about the impact on civilian lives.
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The United States halted a large shipment of offensive weapons to Israel last week in a sign of its growing concern over a possible military offensive on Rafah, senior administration officials told NBC News.
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Aid groups in the southern Gaza city of Rafah are trying to maintain services for people unable to leave amid an Israeli assault there. People who can leave Rafah are unsure where to go.
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