Rafah-invasion explainer

The Israeli army seized the Rafah crossing, the main path for the insufficient aid that still enters Gaza, and closed it. If any US aid travels to Gaza that way, US law (as I understand it) requires cutting off military assistance to Israel. Promised new routes for aid to enter Gaza are not possible replacements for the Rafah crossing because they are not actually ready for use.

I interpret this as Netanyahu's defiance to Biden: "You weakling, I dare you to obey that law." Since then, Biden has suspended delivery of one kind of weapon to Israel. Maybe that was a response telling Netanyahu, "Just you watch!" Has he found the courage to go further than that one suspension?

Let's not lose sight of where we want to end up.