{"id":2242889,"date":"2024-05-12T12:58:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T16:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccaul-says-israels-rafah-invasion-is-last-step-to-destroy-hamas\/"},"modified":"2024-05-12T13:00:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T17:00:10","slug":"mccaul-says-israels-rafah-invasion-is-last-step-to-destroy-hamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccaul-says-israels-rafah-invasion-is-last-step-to-destroy-hamas\/","title":{"rendered":"McCaul deems Israel&#8217;s Rafah incursion as the final move to eradicate Hamas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmccaul-says-israels-rafah-invasion-is-last-step-to-destroy-hamas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2242889&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House \u2064Foreign Affairs Committee Chair\u200b Rep.\u200d Michael McCaul believes that Israel targeting\u200d Rafah is the pivotal\u2063 move to end the conflict \u200bwith Hamas. He discussed this on ABC News&#8217; &#8220;This\u200b Week,&#8221; alongside the concern over U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-stefanik-garlands-comment-on-cuomo-corruption-not-good-enough\/\" title=\"Rep. Stefanik: Garland\u2019s comment on Cuomo corruption \u2018not good enough\u2019\">military aid<\/a> withholding by\u2062 President Biden. McCaul \u200cemphasized the importance of letting Israel execute its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/military-service-academies-go-woke\/\" title=\"Military Service Academies Go Woke\">military strategy<\/a> in completing its objectives. House \u200dForeign Affairs Committee Chair \u200bRep. Michael McCaul sees Israel&#8217;s targeting of Rafah as crucial in resolving the Hamas \u2062conflict. \u200bSpeaking on ABC\u2062 News&#8217; &#8220;This \u200cWeek,&#8221; \u200bhe highlighted President Biden&#8217;s \u2064potential \u2063U.S.\u200d military aid withholding.\u200d McCaul stressed the need to allow Israel to implement\u200c its military \u200bstrategy to achieve its goals.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Invading Rafah is the last step Israel must take to finish its war with Hamas, according to House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">McCaul appeared on ABC News\u2019 \u201cThis Week\u201d on Sunday to discuss Israel\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yemen-lgbt-refugees-and-white-supremacy-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bidens-first-foreign-policy-speech\/\" title=\"Yemen, LGBT Refugees, And White Supremacy: Everything You Need To Know About Biden\u2019s First Foreign Policy Speech\">ongoing war<\/a> with Hamas and the recent threat by President Joe Biden to withhold U.S. military aid for Israel if it launches a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-johnson-accuses-biden-of-betrayal-hopes-israel-aid-threat-was-senior-moment\/\" title=\"Speaker Johnson accuses Biden of betrayal over Israel aid threat, hopes it was just a 'senior moment.\">full-scale ground operation<\/a> in Rafah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cNow, of course, you want the conditions with humanitarian to be in place. Of course, you want the tenants in place, but to say you cannot invade Rafah \u2026 we\u2019re telling the Israelis, dictating their military strategy,\u201d McCaul said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/4658961-michael-mccaul-rafah-invasion-last-step-israeli-military-objective\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>. \u201cThis is a last point and a last step in the completion of their military objective.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cFor us to step in and say, \u2018No, you can\u2019t go into Rafah and finish a job \u2026\u2019 I think it\u2019s tantamount to an arms embargo,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In an interview with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/08\/politics\/joe-biden-interview-cnntv\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CNN<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  last week, Biden announced that he would freeze military aid to Israel if it moved forward with plans to invade Rafah, the last stronghold of Hamas in the Gaza Strip.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI made it clear that if they go into Rafah \u2013 they haven\u2019t gone in Rafah yet \u2013 if they go into Rafah, I\u2019m not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah, to deal with the cities \u2013 that deal with that problem,\u201d Biden said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put out a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wyoming-gop-censures-liz-cheney-over-house-impeachment-vote\/\" title=\"Wyoming GOP Censures Liz Cheney Over House Impeachment Vote\">video statement<\/a> after Biden\u2019s statement suggesting that Israel would move forward with its plans to destroy what is left of Hamas\u2019 military strength in Gaza.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIf Israel needs to stand alone, it will stand alone,\u201d Netanyahu <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/05\/09\/israel-biden-rafah-netenyahu-response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">McCaul said he expects Israel to follow through on its long-anticipated plans to invade Rafah and end the war with Hamas. He added that while Biden\u2019s comments may not impact the direction of the war, they will have an effect on how the U.S. is perceived by its allies in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWith respect to Israel, Netanyahu said \u2014 and I\u2019ve talked to him \u2014 \u2018I\u2019m going to do this alone if I have to,\u2019\u201d the House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman said. \u201cWhere it matters, is the signal and the message we\u2019re sending the rest of the world that you can\u2019t count on the United States, can\u2019t trust the United States. Our allies \u2026 and our enemies see this as well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) stated on ABC News\u2019 \u201cThis Week\u201d that Israel&#8217;s invasion of Rafah marks the crucial final move to conclude the conflict with Hamas. He discussed this in light of President Joe Biden&#8217;s warning to withhold U.S. military aid amidst the ongoing conflict<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":2242890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Michael-McCaul.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2242889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Michael-McCaul.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2242889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2242890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2242889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2242889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2242889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}