Why US paused shipment of bombs to Israel – White House official

An undisclosed official from the White House has disclosed that the United States halted the shipment of bombs to Israel last week due to its concerns over ground operation in Rafah.

The official said Israel has not “fully addressed” the US concerns on the plight of the people of Rafah, according to BBC.Recall that there were further Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip overnight, hours after Israeli forces backed by tanks took control of the key Rafah crossing on the border with Egypt.

On Monday, the Israeli military ordered tens of thousands of civilians to begin evacuating nearby eastern parts of Rafah city, ahead of what it called a “limited” operation to eliminate Hamas fighters and dismantle infrastructure. “Those discussions are ongoing and have not fully addressed our concerns. As Israeli leaders seemed to approach a decision point on such an operation, we began to carefully review proposed transfers of particular weapons to Israel that might be used in Rafah. This began in April.

The official stressed that the shipments were unrelated to last month’s landmark $17 billion military aid package, but had been drawn from “previously appropriated funds.”

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