US stops delivery of bombs to Israel due to fears over Rafah. CIA Director will see Netanyahu today

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The United States has suspended the delivery of a shipment of bombs following Israel’s failure to respond to Washington’s “concerns” regarding the announced offensive on Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. A senior American military official said this. The director of the CIA, Williams Burns, is expected in Israel today for talks with the director of the Mossad, David Barnea, and with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. CNN reports it, citing informed sources. Burns was in Cairo yesterday for talks with mediators from Egypt and Qatar

8 maggio 2024

Israeli soldiers stand next to military vehicles, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, near the Israel-Gaza border in southern Israel, May 7, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

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