A national security memorandum known as NSM-20 issued by him is required Biden In February, the State Department submitted a report to Congress By May 8th about the reliability of the guarantees Israel To use it for American weapons It does not violate US or international laws.
The four sources stated that the US administration notified the congressional committees that it would not meet the deadline, but it hopes to present its results within days.
Two congressional aides said they had no indication that the delay was related to political concerns.
Reuters reported last month that some senior US officials had found no confirmation Israel credible.
The Reuters report, in addition to investigations conducted by external organizations such as Amnesty InternationalSome lawmakers called on the Biden administration not to direct the report in favor of Israel.
America suspends sending some weapons to Israel
• Four informed sources told Reuters that President Biden’s administration is suspending the sending of certain shipments of weapons produced by a company Boeing To Israel, in what two sources say appears to be a political message to a close US ally.
• The weapons shipments, delayed by at least two weeks, include Boeing-manufactured Joint Direct Attack Munitions, which convert unguided bombs into precision-guided bombs, as well as small diameter bombs.
• The sources did not provide further details, including the political nature of the delivery delay.
• This comes at a time when Washington is publicly pressuring Israel to postpone its planned attack on Rafah Until a plan is developed to avoid civilian deaths.
• He refrained White House The US Department of Defense (Pentagon) About commenting.
