The United States is delaying arms supply to Israel, a sign of Washington''s objection to Israel''s offensive on the Rafah city in southern Gaza, reported U.S. media.
President Joe Biden paused a shipment of 1,800 2,000-pound bombs and 1,700 500-pound bombs to Israel, fearing their use in a threatened assault on Rafah. This decision, the first since the Hamas-led attack in October,
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.
The US arms deliveries to Israel that were halted last week amid mounting concerns over Israel''s operation in the Gaza Strip''s city of Rafah included 1,800 2,000-pound (907-kilogramme) bombs and 1,700 500-pound bombs,
By Patricia Zengerle, Humeyra Pamuk and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration will miss a Wednesday deadline to report to Congress on whether Israel is violating international humanitarian law in Gaza,
The United States has put off selling thousands of precision-guided weapons to Israel amid growing tensions in the Gaza Strip, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources.
By Patricia Zengerle, Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration is to report to U.S. lawmakers as soon as Wednesday on whether Israel is violating international humanitarian law or obstructing aid deliveries in Gaza,
The White House last week paused a shipment of weapons to Israel, as Israeli leaders closed in on a decision to launch an operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, a senior administration official said Tuesday.
U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has been holding up several shipment of weapons to Israel for at least two weeks, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Politico, which broke the news,
The Biden administration is warning it is likely to miss its Wednesday deadline to deliver a report to Congress detailing its assessment over Israeli actions in its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip that could impact American military assistance to the country.
U.S. lawmakers reacted to President Joe Biden's decision to suspend delivery of certain munitions to Israel that appeared to be a possible shift in U.S. policy, although the Pentagon said the move was not final.
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Israel relies heavily on military imports from the US, with approximately 70 per cent of its military equipment coming from America. Since the conflict began in October, the US has made over 200 deliveries to Israel.
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.
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The US, Egypt and Qatar are meanwhile ramping up efforts to close the gaps in a possible agreement for at least a temporary ceasefire and the release of some of the scores of Israeli hostages still held by Hamas.
The US paused a shipment of bombs to Israel over worries the nation could launch a wide-ranging military offensive in Rafah, according to a senior administration official. Israeli forces took control of the Rafah border-crossing in Gaza on Tuesday morning ahead of a possible assault on the city.
The US and Israel have had many a difference amid the ongoing war in Gaza. Now the Biden administration has postponed the sale of numerous precision weapons to Israel. The move has sparked questions a
Jerusalem: The Israeli military appeared on Wednesday to play down an arms shipment hold-up by a US administration troubled at this week's operation in the southern Gazan city of Rafah, saying the allies resolve any disagreements "behind closed doors".
The US last week paused a bombs shipment for Israel over concerns it was going ahead with a major ground operation in Rafah, southern Gaza, a senior administration official says. The shipment consisted of 1,
The U.S. paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns that Israel was approaching a decision on launching a full-scale assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah against the wishes of the U.