Israel sees pause on US weapons shipment as ‘signal of dissatisfaction’ with Rafah: Analysis

Dan Perry, author of the Ask Questions Later newsletter, says Israel will be viewing the US pause on a shipment of weapons to Israel as “a signal of US dissatisfaction with the tactical part of what’s happening in Rafah today”. The US shares Israel’s strategic goal of removing Hamas from power and returning the captives, but it also has certain things it wants from Israel, he said. For the past several months, it wanted Israel to let in more humanitarian aid and wanted Israel to ensure there was “a plan to avoid a bloodbath when they go into Rafah”. “The US doesn’t oppose [the invasion of Rafah] on principle at all, but they certainly want that to happen after displaced people have been offered a solution so that they’re not in the way of fire,” Perry said. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #WarOnGaza #GazaWar #Rafah #UnitedStates #Netanyahu #JoeBiden #Israel #USIsraelRelations #USForeignPolicy #IsraelGazaWar #GazaBombardment #USMilitarySupportToIsrael #RafahAssault #RafahMilitaryOffensive