A long-awaited State Department report said that Israel likely violated norms on international law in its use of US weapons, but it did not find enough evidence to block shipments.
The report said it was"reasonable to assess" that Israel , which receives some $3 billion in US weapons a year, has used the arms in ways inconsistent with standards on humanitarian rights but that the United States could not reach"conclusive findings."
The State Department finally submitted its report two days after President Joe Biden publicly threatened to withhold certain bombs and artillery shells if Israel goes ahead with an assault on the packed city of Rafah. Mr Biden, facing a furore over the war from within his Democratic Party months before elections, had in February issued a memorandum known as NSM-20 that asked countries that receive US military aid to make"credible and reliable" assurances they are complying with human rights laws.
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