Soundbytes: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to rebuff on Thursday (May 9) a vow by U.S. President Joe Biden to halt some weapons supplies to Israel if it attacks Rafah, saying the country was prepared to stand alone if necessary. U.S. President Joe Biden's warned that the United States would halt weapons supplies if Israel moved into Rafah, the southern Gaza city where more than a million displaced Palestinians are sheltering. Israeli tanks seized control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt earlier this week and are currently probing the outskirts of the nearby city of Rafah. Netanyahu has defied mounting international pressure to agree to a ceasefire but has not so far ordered troops to enter the city, where Israel says four battalions of Hamas fighters are based.

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