Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was pressed by Democratic lawmakers on Thursday regarding the U.S. military’s support for Israel.

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), a progressive Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, pressed Austin about whether he would commit to ending U.S. military aid to Israel if it carried out operations in Rafah, the southern Gaza city where more than a million Palestinians have fled to, without accounting for their safety.

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