White House Assessing If Israel Crossed ‘Red Line’

“The Biden administration is still assessing whether an Israeli strike that killed at least 45 displaced Palestinians at a tent camp in Rafah on Sunday is a violation of President Biden’s ‘red line,’” Axios reports.

“Biden threatened earlier this month to suspend the delivery of some U.S.-made offensive weapons if Israel entered population centers in Rafah, the city in southern Gaza viewed as Hamas’ last stronghold.”

Playbook: “If so, Biden could stop sending some offensive weapons to Israel — a major shift after officials tentatively hoped in recent weeks that Israel’s Rafah operation would meet their criteria for protecting civilians.”

Reuters: “Israeli tanks reached the centre of Rafah for the first time on Tuesday, witnesses said, three weeks into a ground operation in the southern Gaza city that has sparked global condemnation.”