The report was supposed to be released this week — as Israel embarked on the beginning stages of its invasion of Rafah.
A boy stands before an impact crater at the site of a building that was hit by Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 8, 2024.As Israel intensifies its horrific blockade of humanitarian aid into Gaza, Biden administration officials have indefinitely delayed the release of a long-awaited report on whether the U.S. finds that Israel has violated international law in its genocidal assault of Gaza.
The email sent to Congress said that the report is “briefly delayed,” while State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters on Tuesday: “We are trying very hard to meet that deadline … It’s possible it slips just a little bit, but we are trying to get it done by tomorrow.” An administration official toldthat they expect the report to be delayed by “less than a week.” None of the parties involved provided a reason for the delay.after Israel forced 1.
Palestinians trapped in Rafah and humanitarian groups have been warning for months that a ground invasion of Rafah would be catastrophic, threatening the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians. In fact, UN officialsthat a ground invasion of Rafah would in itself result in Israel committing war crimes in the form of indiscriminately killing civilians — killings that could be prevented by a suspension of military aid due to findings by U.S. officials of other potential war crimes.not cross.
“Access to the May 8 report will allow the press to more fully and accurately report on how elected leaders are making decisions about military aid to foreign countries,” the groups wrote in their letter. “In addition, access to the May 8 report will allow the public to assess the thoroughness and accuracy of the U.S.’s assessment of foreign country’s assurances, particularly in cases where there have been allegations that recipients have used U.S.
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