Netanyahu says his country will 'fight with fingernails' after US threatens to stop weapons

The Israeli prime minister says country can ‘stand alone’ but hopes US and Israel can overcome differences

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00:00Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he hopes to overcome disagreements with

00:07U.S. President Joe Biden over Israel's invasion of Rafah, stressing Israel's need for precision

00:13weapons to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza.

00:20Biden said that he would not supply offensive weapons that Israel could use to launch an

00:25all-out assault on Rafah, which Israel claims is the last major Hamas stronghold in Gaza.

00:31Senate Republicans are slamming President Biden's decision.

00:36Now withholding weapons makes it very difficult, if not impossible, to get American hostages

00:42back and Israeli hostages back because you're incentivizing bad behavior.

00:48Withholding weapons makes Iran stronger, not weaker.

00:53Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder told reporters in a press briefing that as we assess the

00:58situation in Rafah, we made the decision to pause this one shipment.

01:02Again, as I highlighted, a final determination has not been made on how to proceed with that

01:08shipment, but specifically...

01:11An estimated 80,000 Palestinians are attempting to flee the overcrowded Rafah, thrown into

01:17panic and chaos by Israel's seizure of the nearby border crossing with Egypt and as the

01:22possibility of a full-scale invasion looms.

01:25Displaced and exhausted Palestinians and their families have packed up their tents and other

01:30belongings from Rafah and will move on.