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Biden moving forward on $1B in weapons for Israel after previous shipment paused over Rafah concerns: report
The Biden administration is reportedly moving forward with a plan to send Israel $1 billion worth of weapons after the White House briefly paused a shipment last week over concerns about Israel’s planned ground invasion of Rafah.
The weapons package, according to the Wall Street Journal, will include $700 million in tank ammunition, $500 million in tactical vehicles and $60 million in mortar rounds.
President Biden is moving forward with a new $1 billion weapons package for Israel, according to the Wall Street Journal. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Israel has portrayed Rafah as the last stronghold of Hamas, brushing off warnings from the United States and other allies that any major operation there would be catastrophic for civilians.
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