The White House pushed back on the administration’s report on Monday. era of israel The Washington Post said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would provide Israel with “sensitive information” about the whereabouts of Hamas leaders if he refused a full-scale invasion of Rafah.
President Biden has warned Israel in recent days not to invade southern Gaza City and threatened to halt military shipments if the invasion begins.
This was announced by four people familiar with the situation. washington post If Israel withdraws, the regime says it will provide information about Hamas tunnels and the hiding places of its leaders.
A spokesperson for the National Security Council said in a statement to Fox News Digital that the United States continues to support the IDF in targeting Hamas leadership.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said President Biden’s vow to withhold weapons from Israel would result in civilian casualties within the Gaza Strip. (Fox News/Getty Images)
”[T]Hat work continues continuously. We are not holding anything back,” the official said.
“we believe [Hamas chief Yahya] Shinwar should, and indeed must, take responsibility for the horrors of the October 7 attacks. ”
Former Trump National Security Council official Victoria Coates told Fox News Digital late Monday that intelligence sharing is “the foundation of our security partnership with Israel.”
“This is unique and very sophisticated, and if one partner is not fulfilling their obligations, it calls the whole thing into question,” Coates said.
“So, if the government has information about the leaders of Hamas, who are…still holding eight Americans (five alive and three dead) in Gaza, And if you’re not sharing it with these congregations and you’re not sharing it with the Israelis, that’s very worrying.” ”
Coates, who is now deputy director of the Heritage Foundation’s National Security and Foreign Policy Institute, said if the report is true, the Biden administration is playing “political games” rather than fighting for the survival of the Jewish state. He said that he described it as being
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Asked about allegations that the Biden administration is playing politics with Israel, Coats suggested that Biden needs to win over the youth vote, which favors Palestinians more than other age groups in the United States.
“That’s why they elected Biden in 2020 and stopped the red wave in 2022. So they know they need the 18- to 24-year-old group. And it’s become clear in the last six months. “The thing is, that group is very pro-Palestinian, if not overtly pro-Palestinian,” she said.
“And I think that’s actually the demographic they’re pandering to.”
Rick Grenell, Trump’s intelligence director and ambassador to Germany, called the president’s actions “an impeachable crime.”
“Let me be clear: Joe Biden is using U.S. intelligence as a weapon to seek help from Israel to first win Michigan and bring home American hostages held by Hamas. We should be providing all the information we have,” Grenell said. on X (formerly Twitter).
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Meanwhile, Fox News radio host Guy Benson called the report “unrealistic.”
Biden and senior aides also offered to help build food delivery systems and shelters for Palestinians evacuated from Rafah, the Post reported.
The White House is trying to persuade Israel to carry out attacks that target only Rafah rather than threatening Jerusalem, and that more granular intelligence support to Israel will deter large-scale attacks. I’m looking forward to it.
In an interview with CBS News on Sunday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US government holds the same goals as Israel.
“We want to make sure Hamas can never rule Gaza again,” Blinken said.
