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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Julian Borger in Washington

US finds Israel’s use of weapons in Gaza ‘inconsistent’ with human rights law, but will not cut flow of arms

Tank with two people on top and Israeli flag
An Israeli army soldier in southern Israel near the Gaza Strip on 9 May 2024. Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images

The US says it is “reasonable to assess” that the weapons it has provided to Israel have been used in ways that are “inconsistent” with international human rights law, but that there is not enough concrete evidence to link specific US-supplied weapons to violations or warrant cutting the supply of arms.

In a highly anticipated report to Congress, the state department said that the assurances given by Israel and a handful of other countries under scrutiny that they had been using US-supplied weapons in accordance with international humanitarian law (IHL) were “credible and reliable”.

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