WASHINGTON — The United States has finally decided to supply Israel with 500-pound bombs after a temporary halt over concerns that 2,000-pound munitions in the same shipment could be used in populated areas, a US official said Thursday.
Washington stopped the bomb shipment in May when it appeared Israel was on the verge of a major ground operation in Rafah in southern Gaza that the US government strongly opposed, with Israel eventually launching a more limited incursion instead.
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