US
says Israel may have breached international law with American weapons in Gaza
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By Tom Bateman, State Department Correspondent,BBC News
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The US has grown increasingly concerned over mounting civilian deaths
in Gaza.
The US says Israel may have used American-supplied weapons in breach of
international humanitarian law in some instances during the war in Gaza.
It is "reasonable to
assess" that those arms have been used in ways "inconsistent"
with Israel's obligations, says the state department.
But it added that the US
did not have complete information in its assessment and that shipments could
continue.
The report was submitted
to Congress on Friday after a delay.
The White House-ordered
review looked into how the country, along with six others engaged in conflict,
has used US-supplied arms since the start of last year.
While the report was a
clear rebuke of some Israeli operations in Gaza, it stopped short of
definitively saying that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) campaign had breached
international law.
Israel had had to confront
an "extraordinary military challenge" fighting Hamas in Gaza, it
said.
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