In a message to both Israel's "enemies and best friends" - clearly a reference to Washington - Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday vowed that Israel "will achieve [its] goals in the north and south."

"I say from here to Israel's enemies and its best friends: The State of Israel cannot be subdued — not the IDF, not the Defense Ministry, not the defense establishment, not the State of Israel. We will stand, we will achieve our goals, we will hit Hamas, we will destroy Hezbollah, and we will bring security," Gallant said.

"Whatever the cost, we will ensure the existence of the State of Israel and remember well the directive we signed just a week ago during the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony, the words 'Never Again.' For me, it's not just a directive, it's a work plan. This is how the defense establishment will work and this is how the IDF will work," he added.

"We have no choice, we have no other country. We will do whatever is necessary, and I repeat – whatever is necessary, in order to defend the citizens of Israel, to remove the evil threats against us, and to stand up to those who attempt to destroy us."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also responded, but just as with Gallant he has not named Biden or the United States directly...

But others were more blunt and direct, claiming that Biden with this move is 'helping Hamas':

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich stated bluntly that the strong American opposition would only reinvigorate Israel's drive to eliminate Hamas.

"We must continue this war until victory, despite, and to a certain extent precisely because of, the opposition of the administration Biden and the stopping of arms shipments," he said in a statement. "We simply have no other choice that does not endanger our existence and security."

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, a firebrand who leads the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, tweeted simply that "Hamas [loves] Biden."