Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Wednesday, May 8, 2024
IDF spokesman appears to play down US arms shipment holdup
The Israeli military appears to play down an arms shipment holdup by a US administration concerned by the prospect of a looming major IDF operation in the southern Gazan city of Rafah, saying the allies resolve any disagreements “behind closed doors.”
When asked about the issue at a conference hosted by the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper as the Gaza war enters its eighth month, chief military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari describes coordination between Israel and the United States as reaching “a scope without precedent, I think, in history.”
The Times of Israel contributed.
