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U.S. pauses shipment of thousands of bombs to Israel amid Rafah rift [1]

['John Hudson']

Date: 2024-05-07

The Biden administration paused the shipment of thousands of weapons to Israel, including controversial 2,000-pound bombs, amid mounting concern about the country’s plan to expand a military operation in southern Gaza that could dramatically increase the conflict’s death toll, U.S. officials said Tuesday.

“Israel should not launch a major ground operation in Rafah, where more than a million people are sheltering with nowhere else to go,” said a senior administration official, explaining the U.S. decision to pause the weapons shipments. “We are especially focused on the end-use of the 2,000-pound bombs and the impact they could have in dense urban settings as we have seen in other parts of Gaza.”

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[1] Url: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/05/07/biden-delays-weapons-israel-rafah/

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