US paused Israel weapons shipment due to Rafah: US defense secretary

Palestinians gather around a wounded relative as rescuers search for people under the rubble of a Rafah home WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden's decision to hold up delivery of high payload munitions to Israel was taken over aAustin was the first senior Biden administration official to publicly explain what appeared to be a possible shift in US policy towards arming Israel .

"We've been very clear... from the very beginning that Israel shouldn't launch a major attack into Rafah without accounting for and protecting the civilians that are in that battlespace," Austin told a Senate hearing. The meeting came as truce negotiations resumed in Cairo, after Hamas on Monday announced it had accepted a ceasefire proposal from mediators Egypt and Qatar.

On Wednesday, talks aimed at agreeing terms for a truce in the seven-month war were held in the Egyptian capital"with all sides present", according to the Egyptian state-linked media. Israel's retaliatory offensive against Hamas has killed at least 34,844 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to the Hamas-run territory's health ministry.

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