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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Pentagon Confirms U.S. Paused Bomb Shipment to Israel To Signal Concerns Over Rafah Invasion [Watch (HLS stream): Pentagon Confirms U.S. Paused Bomb Shipment to Israel To Signal Concerns Over Rafah Invasion](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/v33Vjjxf.m3u8) (3:31)  _Published 2024-05-08. Israeli troops seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing on Tuesday in what the White House described as a limited operation, as fears mount of a full-scale invasion of the southern city and talks with Hamas over a cease-fire and hostage release remain on a knife’s edge._ --- May 8, 2024 8:20 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Israel Continues Rafah Strikes Days After 45 Civilians Killed in Bombing](/video/iET9ELTX/) ### Israel Continues Rafah Strikes Days After 45 Civilians Killed in Bombing [WHO Director-General is 'Deeply Concerned About Israel’s Increased Military Activities in Rafah'](/video/iic4Y9qO/) ### WHO Director-General is 'Deeply Concerned About Israel’s Increased Military Activities in Rafah' [U.N. Humanitarian Aid Agency Says Israel Has Denied Access to Rafah Grossing into Gaza](/video/4TmAUGVr/) ### U.N. Humanitarian Aid Agency Says Israel Has Denied Access to Rafah Grossing into Gaza --- ## Transcript Should we be concerned that the AIDS that was included in that recent supplemental is in Jeopardy of being withheld from Israel. Did the secretary of state Secretary blinkin consult with you on this decision and you agree that halting us assistance to Israel emboldens, its enemies our commitment to Israel's security is Ironclad Su same from the very beginning we offload the billions of dollars of security assistance at a very rapid Pace into into Israel in as you just mention with your help and we're grateful for this if you just passed the the largest-ever supplemental appropriation and most recently in on April 13th and 14th. You saw Ashley and unprecedented coalition to defend Israel is attacked Israel with significant number of drones and end in ballistic missiles. That's all we're going to continue to do what's necessary to ensure that Israel has the means to defend itself. But that said we are currently reviewing some near-term security assistance shipment in the context of unfolding events in Ross has blocked and a month dedicated to their destruction and you're telling me you're going to tell them how to fight the war. And what they can and can't use when everybody around them wants to kill all the Jews and you're telling me that if we would hold weapons in this fight. The existential fight for the life of the Jewish state. It won't send the wrong signal. Do you still think it was a good idea General Austin to get out of Afghanistan? I support the president's how do we apply the lessons that we learned? in Iraq and Afghanistan As a means of helping Israel understand how to defeat Hamas and what is your assessment of whether this campaign is in the long run going to decrease the ability of foster following organizations to recruit and retain strength and the ability to hurt Israel and the United States does not equal the Palestinian people there. There are not one in the same and and what we learned to you to your point key lesson, there is it you have to protect the people the civilians in the battlespace. Otherwise, you create more terrorists going forward. So it's not only a moral imperative but it's also a strategic imperatives that that you protect civilians and children in the two aren't mutually exclusive you can do both and and and and we know how to do that. And so in terms of the lessons learned that kinds of things that we would Endeavour to pass along. Those are the things that that we continue to have a dialogue on your been far too many far too many casual civilian casualties in this battle space in and I think I think we should do everything possible to ensure that we were protecting for a Dutch lions and providing for for their welfare humanitarian assistance. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Pentagon Confirms U.S. Paused Bomb Shipment to Israel To Signal Concerns Over Rafah Invasion","description":"Israeli troops seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing on Tuesday in what the White House described as a limited operation, as fears mount of a full-scale invasion of the southern city and talks with Hamas over a cease-fire and hostage release remain on a knife’s edge.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/v33Vjjxf/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2024-05-08T19:30:49.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/v33Vjjxf.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/v33Vjjxf/","duration":"PT3M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/v33Vjjxf/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```