US pauses certain arms shipments to Israel
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US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed that the United States is pausing a shipment of “high-payload munitions” to Israel due to possible ground operations in Rafah without a plan for civilians in the southern Gaza city.
“We’re going to continue to do what’s necessary to ensure that Israel has the means to defend itself, but that said, we are currently reviewing some near-term security assistance shipments in the context of unfolding events in Rafah,” Austin said at a Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing.
CNN previously reported that the US last week had paused the shipment of 1,800 bombs weighing 2,000 pounds and 1,700 bombs weighing 500 pounds to Israel amid concerns over their potential use in a Rafah incursion.
“We’ve been very clear … that Israel shouldn’t launch a major attack into Rafah without accounting for and protecting the civilians that are in that battlespace,” Austin said.
Austin added that the US has not made “a final determination” about what will happen with the weapons shipment, and he emphasized that the shipment was not part of the supplemental spending package recently passed by Congress that included lethal aid for Ukraine as well as Israel.
Austin was interrupted during his answer by Code Pink protesters who yelled “Free Palestine” before being escorted out of the room.
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