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President Biden says he will withhold bombs and artillery shells from Israel

if it launches a ground invasion in the city of Rafa.

In an interview that aired last night, the President told launches a ground invasion in the city of Rafa.

In an interview that aired last night,

the president told CNN's Errin Burnett.

It's just wrong.

We're not gonna supply the weapons

and the artillery shells used that have been used. artillery shells as well. the than a million civilians are sheltering. His remarks came just hours after

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed that the US had already

paused a shipment of heavy bombs to Israel. Austin said the United States

will continue to supply defensive weapons.

But that said, we are currently reviewing some near-term security assistance shipments in the context of unfolding events in Raffa.

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