Posted on 05/07/2024 11:58:47 PM PDT by RandFan
The US last week paused a bomb shipment for Israel over concerns it was going ahead with a major ground operation in Rafah, southern Gaza, a senior administration official says.
The shipment consisted of 1,800 2,000lb (907kg) bombs and 1,700 500lb bombs, the official told CBS News, the BBC's media partner in the US.
Israel has not "fully addressed" US concerns over humanitarian needs of civilians in Rafah, the official says.
Israel made no immediate comment.
Overnight, there were further Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, hours after Israeli forces backed by tanks took control of the key Rafah crossing on the border with Egypt.
The Israeli bombardment has been particularly intense around Rafah. Local medics say seven members of one family were killed in one overnight strike.
Rafah has been a key entry point for aid and the only exit for people able to flee since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas last October.
On Monday, the Israeli military ordered tens of thousands of civilians to begin evacuating nearby eastern parts of Rafah city, ahead of what it called a "limited" operation to eliminate Hamas fighters and dismantle infrastructure.
Meanwhile, efforts continue to reach a ceasefire, alongside the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. In Cairo, delegations from Israel and Hamas are due to resume negotiations through mediators.
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So a SWAT team can rush into a building to confront armed killers but discover they were left without ammo by a budget decision by politicians during the preparation for the raid.
Bombs and ammo for combatants in the Middle East seem so harsh and warlike to the DC planners in overstuffed armchairs talking about winning elections.
Impeach The Tater.
[The shipment consisted of 1,800 2,000lb (907kg) bombs and 1,700 500lb bombs, the official told CBS News, the BBC’s media partner in the US.]
So, not just JDAM kits but actual bombs.
So, some Hamas rapists get to live another day.
Meanwhile, pro-Hamas-terrorists protest on college campuses.
Can the also remove Shrimp and Grits?
I guess Joe’s going to get impeached for this
You know, like Trump was...
Can THEY also remove Shrimp and Grits?
If only FR had a Preview feature where one could re-read their post before actually posting....... <8-)
These are precision weapons.
Biden (really Obama) is forcing Israel to use less precise weapons; therefore, more human shields will be killed.
Offer high enough rewards for freed hostages and armed members of HAMAS would steal them off third parties and personally turn them in for the untaxed cash.
Offer high enough rewards for freed hostages and armed third parties would steal them off HAMAS and personally turn them in for the untaxed cash.
Put Arab greed to use.
Israel should try to set up a transit corridor to the West Bank and allow/encourage women, children and old men to go to the West Bank.
Humanitarian needs of civilians who elected Hamas.
This seems a lot like what impeached Trump for. With President Trump, it was for threatening to withhold aid for political considerations. With Mr. Biden, he is openly doing it.
So the US heral government is once again working diligently to prevent Israel from wiping out a muslim treeoeist group.
This happens every time Israel reacts to provocations and attacks by muslims.
As soon as Israel gets the upper hand the US intervenes to save the terrorists.
It happened in the Six-Day War, the Yom Kippur War, the various wars with Hezbollah, Labanon, erc.
Maybe Biden wants to send the weapons to Iran instead. sarc/
Biden is truly the Teflon man.
Remember when he threatened to withhold US aid if the Ukraine did not fire the prosecutor who was investigating Hunter?
Then, when he actually bragged about it the US media applauded !!!
In 1948, there was an arms blockade. Arabs could flaunt it and buy all the toys they want, because the newly-formed UN couldn’t patrol all the coastline from Libya to the Shat ul’Arab Waterway with the Red Sea and the Arabian Peninsula thrown in. But somehow, we got ahold of enough weapons to actually win a few and not get annihilated. FJB and his “aid”.
Let’s not forget that Joe also bragged about his massive cheating operation before the 2020 election.
Trump was impeached for doing this in Ukraine.
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