The United States approved a new shipment of weapons to Israel, which includes more than 2,000 small and medium diameter bombs, Despite pressure on the White House to stop these transfers in the face of the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, The newspaper revealed this Thursday Washington Post.
This new package of ammunition was authorized on Monday, the same day that an Israeli attack in Gaza killed seven volunteers from the NGO World Central Kitchen (WCK), run by Spanish chef José Andrés, who has a close relationship with the American President, Joe Biden.
The destroyed car of the NGO World Central Kitchen (WCK).
Photo:
The White House has been criticized for its continued military support for the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu for its offensive in Gaza.particularly by human rights organizations, the Arab and Muslim community in the US, and some legislators and Administration workers.
According to State Department sources cited by The Washington Post, the new transfer of bombs to Israel was approved on Monday, but before the Israeli attack on the WCK convoy.
They further stated that These bombs correspond to a military package authorized by Congress years ago, long before the current Israeli offensive on Gaza.
In a preliminary report on the WCK incident, the Israeli military concluded that the attack was not “intended to harm humanitarian workers” and was due to “misidentification.”
World Central Kitchen (WCK) workers who died in an Israeli attack in Gaza.
Photo:
José Andrés' organization has denounced that The three vehicles of the convoy were deliberately attacked at a range of more than one kilometer until all its members were completely eliminated.
Biden toughened his tone this Thursday in a call with Netanyahu in which for the first time he conditioned future US support for the offensive on Gaza on concrete steps by Israel to protect civilians and humanitarian workers.
EFE
#United #States #approved #shipment #bombs #Israel #day #attack #WCK #NGO #workers
