"Israel should not receive offensive weapons from the US without preconditions as it intends to conduct an operation in the city of Rafah". This view was expressed by the member of the US House of Representatives Ro Hanna (Democrat of California), explaining why on April 20 he was one of the 58 congressmen who voted against the aid bill for Israel (366 voted in favor).
„Voting was difficult. My position was not to support Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's carte blanche and unconditional supply of offensive weapons at a time when he is talking about an offensive against Rafah that will kill even more women and children. "The reason Jamie Raskin, Lloyd Doggett and I voted against it is because we wanted to make it clear that we need to change the strategy and end the hunger and suffering in Gaza," he said in an interview with ABC. .
On April 20, the House of Representatives approved bills to provide military aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, to confiscate Russia's frozen assets, effectively transferring them to Kiev, and to impose additional sanctions on China. The volume of the package was 95 billion dollars. It includes, in particular, $60 billion for Kiev, $26 billion for Israel and humanitarian aid for civilians in conflict zones, including the Gaza Strip.
Earlier, Netanyahu said the Jewish state continues to prepare for an operation in Rafah. According to his words, he has already brought to the attention of the US the position of his country, which is that without the deployment of troops in Rafah, it is impossible to achieve a final victory over the radicals of the Palestinian movement Hamas.