US paused weapons shipment to Israel amid concern over Rafah, senior US official says ( www.theguardian.com )

assassin_aragorn , 10 days ago

On the one hand, this is a step in the right direction.

... But on the other, this is too little too late. This should've happened ages ago. I normally believe any progress is worth celebrating, but in this case I cannot. Using 100 bullets vs 75 bullets on one person is effectively no progress or difference.

C'mon, go farther Biden. If the offensive in Rafah doesn't stop, it'll be horrifying and terrifying. I can't find the words that appropriately describe how much worse it would become.

Scubus , 11 days ago

Israel uses US white phosphorus on civilians like day 3 of the genocide: I sleep

Israel uses US made bombs a year into the genocide: real shit

Plopp , 11 days ago

How about redirecting them to Ukraine instead, asap?

jonne , 11 days ago

Ukraine probably has no use for those, as whatever targets they'd want to bomb with those would be impossible to bomb without getting shot down. They're only good against targets without air defenses.

Cas9111 , 11 days ago

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unexposedhazard , 11 days ago

Not doing more genocide will affect jewish people negatively? Why would innocent jewish people be punished for IDF war crimes?

Do you believe not bombing Rafah will lead to the end of Israel or what are you yapping about?

autotldr Bot , 11 days ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

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Biden has been trying to head off a full-scale assault by the Israelis against Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinian have sought refuge from combat elsewhere in Gaza.

A senior Israeli official, speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, did not confirm any specific hold-up in arms supplies but appeared to take the reports in stride: “As the prime minister has already said, if we have to fight with our fingernails, then we’ll do what we have to do.”

Israeli forces on Tuesday seized the main border crossing between Gaza and Egypt in Rafah, cutting off a vital route for aid into the tiny territory.

Without addressing whether there had been a hold-up in arms shipments, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre reaffirmed that Washington’s commitment to Israel’s security was “ironclad”.

Still, the delays appeared to be the first since Biden’s administration offered its full support to Israel after Hamas’ 7 October attack, which killed about 1,200 people with about 250 others abducted, of whom 133 are believed to remain in captivity in Gaza, according to Israeli tallies.

The conflict has also left many of Gaza’s 2.3 million people on the brink of starvation and sparked protests in the US demanding that universities and Biden withdraw support for Israel – including the provision of weaponry.

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