US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin confirmed the US was discontinuing shipments of "high-charged ambulances" to Israel due to ground operations in Rafah without plans for civilians in the southern Gaza city.
We will continue to do what is necessary to ensure that Israel has the means to defend itself. However, we are currently reviewing some short-term security aid deliveries in the context of events that occurred in Rafah," Austin said.
CNN previously reported that the US last week had stopped shipping 1,800 bombs weighing 2,000 pounds and 1,700 500 pounds of bombs to Israel amid concerns over its potential use in the Rafah attack.
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"We are very clear... that Israel should not carry out a massive attack on Rafah without considering and protecting civilians in the combat area," Austin said.
Austin said the US had not made a final decision about what would happen with the shipment of weapons.
He stressed the shipment was not part of an additional shopping package recently passed by Congress which includes lethal aid to Ukraine and Israel.
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