The United States stopped sending 3,500 bombs to Israel to prevent their use in Rafah, according to CNN

The government of U.S last week it stopped sending to Israel of 3,500 bombs, concerned about their possible use in Rafathe southernmost area of ​​Gaza, where more than a million people are displaced from other areas of the Palestinian enclave, according to CNN.

The detained shipment includes 1,800 bombs weighing 2,000 pounds (907 kilograms) and 1,700 bombs weighing 500 pounds (226 kilograms), according to information provided to the news channel by an unidentified US official.

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The informant said that The concern is mainly due to the end use of the 1,800 heavier bombs and “the impact they could have on dense urban environments, as we have seen in other parts of Gaza”.

CNN reported over the weekend that a shipment of ammunition for Israelbut the reason was unclear.

The US government has spoken out on several occasions against the announced invasion of Rafah and called for a comprehensive plan to protect the more than one million civilian refugees in that city, in order to avoid an expansion of the humanitarian disaster that Gaza is experiencing due to the war declared by Israel against Hamas following the attack carried out on October 7 went through this Islamic movement in Israeli territory.

Israeli military forces took control of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on Tuesday and blocked the passage of people and goods, while continuing to shell the area.

US State Department spokesperson, Matt Millersaid this Tuesday that these military actions appear for now to be “a limited operation”, although we must see the next steps to know their scope.

“They said, I think quite clearly, that it is no secret that they want to carry out a major military operation there. “We have made it clear that we oppose such an operation.”he added.

More than 34,700 people have been killed and more than 78,000 injured in Gaza over the past seven months, which ended on Tuesday.Israel declared war on Hamas, following a surprise attack on Israeli territory by that organization considered terrorist by the United States and the European Union.

The attack on Israeli territory on October 7 left around 1,200 dead and Hamas also took around 250 people hostage, of whom less than 100 are believed to still be alive and in its possession.

Source: Elcomercio

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