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Al Jazeera
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Al Jazeera Staff

US lawmakers urge Biden administration to halt offensive weapons to Israel

Palestinians gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, November 19 [Hatem Khaled/Reuters]

Washington, DC – Twenty Democratic legislators in the United States have urged the administration of President Joe Biden to halt the transfer of offensive weapons to Israel, noting that the Israeli government has not complied with US demands for more aid to enter Gaza.

In a letter addressed to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday, the Congress members called on Washington to uphold its own laws that restrict military aid to countries that commit war crimes and block US-backed humanitarian assistance.

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