The State Department is delaying imposing sanctions on the IDF’s Netzah Yehuda battalion over alleged human rights breaches while it reviews new information provided to the U.S. by Israel, reports Axios.
“The Israeli government has presented new information regarding the status of the unit and we will engage on identifying a path to effective remediation for this unit,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrote in a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., though he didn’t name Netzah Yehuda.
“But this will have no impact on our support for Israel’s ability to defend itself against Hamas, Iran, Hezbollah, or other threats,” he assured Johnson.
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