Jared Szuba is a Pentagon Correspondent for Al-Monitor, specializing in reporting on US military policy and actions in the Middle East. With a focus on the region's conflicts and security issues, Jared provides in-depth analysis and up-to-date coverage of developments in the Pentagon and its impact on the Middle East.
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A mortar attack near the planned marshaling area for offloading aid on Thursday will "in no way" delay the completion of the pier by early May, the Pentagon said.
By: Jared Szuba
Hours after Netanyahu said Israel would launch an invasion of Rafah "with or without" a cease-fire deal, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin sought to pump the brakes, telling House lawmakers that Israel has not fulfilled necessary steps to provide Rafah's civilians with a safe haven ahead of the expected incursion.
Diplomatic sources briefed on the discussions suggest it would likely fall short of Article 5 of the United States' 1960 treaty with Japan, but would likely go beyond the benefits of major non-NATO ally.
A US defense official told Al-Monitor the pier remains on schedule, but an agreement to have workers with the UN World Food Programme distribute aid from the pier remains under intensive negotiation amid significant security concerns.
For the first known time, Washington has leveraged the flow of arms to Israel in a bid to shape the ongoing war in Gaza, but the move failed to stop a limited initial incursion into Rafah.
Senior Israeli officials have reportedly expressed "deep frustration" with the Biden administration over the decision, warning that the pause could jeopardize hostage talks underway in Cairo.
By: Jared Szuba, Amir Levy
Fears are now on the rise over a potential full-blown Israeli incursion, despite President Joe Biden's threat to cut off US arms transfers to Israel if it does so.
US Army Maj. Harrison Mann is the first Pentagon official to have publicly linked his resignation to US support for Israel's war in Gaza war.
By: Jared Szuba
The Israeli military has relaunched operations in the northern city of Jabalia in the Gaza Strip over the past week as Hamas fighters have returned to fill a power vacuum left in swaths of the enclave.
A senior USAID official said the United States is “not at all satisfied” with the progress of discussions with the IDF over steps to prevent Israeli soldiers from killing aid workers in Gaza.
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