US says Israel’s use of US-provided weapons likely violated international law

US President Joe Biden arrives on Air Force One at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Pool Photo via AP)

The Biden administration has said that Israel’s use of US-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law but wartime conditions prevented US officials from determining that for certain in specific air strikes.

The administration’s findings of “reasonable” evidence to conclude that its ally had breached international law in its conduct of the war in Gaza, released in a summary of a report being delivered to Congress on Friday, represent the strongest such statement from Biden officials.