• mosiacmango@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    Literally yes. There was a weapon shipment of bombs that was scheduled last week and they withheld them.

    Biden’s comments and his decision last week to pause a shipment of heavy bombs to Israel are the most striking manifestations of the growing daylight between his administration and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Biden has said that Israel needs to do far more to protect the lives of civilians in Gaza.

    The shipment was supposed to consist of 1,800 2,000-pound (900-kilogram) bombs and 1,700 500-pound (225-kilogram) bombs, according to a senior U.S. administration official

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      6 months ago

      I knew about that, but that action was taken a couple of days ago before the Rafah attack started. I remember the news articles about it then. Hopefully the above indicates this stoppage will be true for any and all weapons shipments, not just those bombs.

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        6 months ago

        So you knew about them stopping shipments, but you still comment asking when they are going to start stopping shipments?

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          6 months ago

          The shipment stopping prior was only for that one set of bombs. Not all weapons aid entirely.