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2024.05.08 22:45 GMT+8

Weapons shipment to Israel paused due to Rafah offensive: U.S. defense secretary

Updated 2024.05.09 00:00 GMT+8
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President Joe Biden's decision to hold up delivery of high payload munitions to Israel was taken in the context of Israel's plans to carry out an offensive in Rafah that Washington opposes without new civilian safeguards, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday.

Source(s): Reuters
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