The shipment was meant to transfer 3,500 bombs to Israel, which the United States halted over worries about the large munitions in the package being used in an urban setting, an anonymous administration official told the Associated Press.
The package included 1,800 2,000-pound bombs and 1,700 500-pound bombs, according to the AP.
The pause marks the first time the U.S. has publicly held up military aid to Israel since the October 7 Hamas attack.
An American official described the decision to the Washington Post as a “shot across the bow” to signal the Biden administration’s unease with a Rafah operation.
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@PacifistMikeySocialist2yrs2Y
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@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
How do you feel about a country sending bombs to another? Should there be limits?
@9M9F4FH2yrs2Y
I think its stupid to supply another country with dangerous explosives.
@SadP4rtisanSocialist2yrs2Y
Israel needs 3500 bombs for half of Gaza?
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