The pausing of the shipment highlights the growing daylight between Israel and the US, which has called on Israel to do far more to protect civilians in Gaza.
last week over concerns about a full-scale assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, a senior administration official said.
The US was particularly concerned about the larger explosives and how they could be used in a dense urban setting. More than 1 million civilians are sheltering in Rafah after evacuating other parts of Gaza amid Israel’s war on Hamas, which came after the militant group’s deadly attack on Israel on October 7.crossing early on Tuesday morning in order to take "operational control" of the area, which is a crucial crossing for both aid and those able to flee into Egypt.
The move by the Israeli Defence Forces has been seen as the start of their long-planned offensive in Rafah, despite intense international pressure to call it off over fears of a humanitarian catastrophe.
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