Israel said it had reopened a key Gaza border crossing to allow aid through. It comes after the U.S. paused a shipment of weapons in opposition to a possible offensive on the southern city of Rafah. P
U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has been holding up certain Boeing-made arms shipments to Israel, four sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, in what two of them said was an apparent political message to the close U.
Israel said it had reopened a key Gaza border crossing to allow aid through. The U.S. paused a shipment of weapons in opposition to a possible offensive on the southern city of Rafah. Photo: Associate
The US has paused shipments of bombs to Israel because its worried about the damage they could inflict on urban areas like Rafah in the Gaza Strip. Some bombs are said to weigh 2,000 pounds. President Joe Biden has not made a final decision on whether to proceed with the shipment.
The Israeli Defense Secretary confirmed the U.S. is withholding a military shipment to Israel. The move comes as Israel prepares for a military invasion of Rafah, despite U.S. warnings. “We are currently reviewing some near-term security assistance shipments,
That the Biden administration had held up the delivery of weapons to Israel was reported last week—but, at the time, a reason for the holdup was unclear.
The US paused a shipment of bombs to Israel over worries about Israel nearing a decision to launch a wide-ranging military offensive on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, which President Joe Biden opposes,
The US paused a shipment of thousands of bombs to Israel last week, US officials have revealed, over concerns about on assault on the Gaza border city of Rafah. It was the first time in the seven months of Israel’s war on Hamas in the enclave that the US has suspended weapons shipments.
The Biden administration dispatched the head of the CIA to meet Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, part of an effort to limit Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip city of Rafah and push for a cease-fire deal with Hamas.
The Biden administration is delaying the sale of at least two arms shipments to Israel 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,