The government of USABrake last week sending 3,500 bombs to Israelconcerned about its possible use in Rafahthe southernmost area of ​​Gaza, where more than a million displaced people from other areas of the Palestinian enclave are, according to the ‘cnn‘.

The detained cargo includes 1,800 2,000-pound bombs (907 kilos) in weight and 1,700 500-pound bombs (226 kilos), according to information provided to the news channel by an unidentified US official. The informant told the aforementioned network that the concern is due above all to the final use of the 1,800 heaviest bombs and “the impact they could have in dense urban environments as we have seen in other parts of Gaza.

Over the weekend, ‘CNN’ already reported that a shipment of ammunition had been stopped to Israel, but the reason was unclear.

The US Government has spoken out on several occasions against the announced invasion of Rafah and has called for a comprehensive plan to protect the more than one million civilians refugees in that city in order to prevent an expansion of the humanitarian disaster that is devastating the Gaza Strip. due to the war declared by Israel against Hamas after the October 7 attack on Israeli territory.

The Israeli military forces took over this Tuesday Rafah border crossing control with Egypt and They cut off the passage of people and goods while they continued bombing the area.

The spokesman for the US State Department, Matt Miller, indicated this Tuesday that these military actions for now appear to be “a limited operation”, although we must see the next steps to know their scope. “They have said, I think quite clearly, that it is no secret that they want to carry out a major military operation over there. We have made it clear that we oppose such an operation“he added.

More of 34,700 people have died and more than 78,000 have been injured in Gaza since Israel declared war on Hamas seven months ago following the surprise attack on Israeli territory by that organization considered terrorist by the United States and the European Union. The October 7 attack left about 1,200 dead and Hamas also took about 250 people hostage, of whom less than 100 are believed to be alive and in its possession.