Tel Aviv [Israel], May 10 (HBTV): Rejecting international pressure to halt the war in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that if "forced," Israel will "stand alone" in its war against Hamas.  

Netanyahu spoke after President Joe Biden said the United States would not provide offensive weapons for Israel's long-promised assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah.  

"As the prime minister of Israel, the one and only Jewish State, I pledge here today, from Jerusalem, on this Holocaust Remembrance Day, if Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone. But we know we are not alone, because countless decent people around the world support our just cause. And I say to you we will defeat our genocidal enemies," Netanyahu said on Thursday.  

The Israeli leader said when Jewish people were defenseless 80 years ago, no nation came to their aid. 

"Eighty years ago, in the Holocaust, the Jewish people were totally defenseless against those who sought our destruction. No nation came to our aid," Israeli PM said in a fiery speech marking the country's annual Holocaust Memorial Day.  

"Today, we again confront enemies bent on our destruction. I say to the leaders of the world, no amount of pressure, no decision by any international forum will stop Israel from defending itself," he said. 

Netanyahu added, "If we have to stand alone, we will stand alone. If we need to, we will fight with our fingernails. But we have much more than fingernails." 

Yom Hashoah, the day Israel observes as a memorial for the six million Jews killed by Nazi Germany and its allies in the Holocaust. 

(ANI) This is a syndicated news feed. HBTV has edited it for clarity.