U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to submit a highly critical report to Congress as soon as Friday on Israel\u2019s conduct in Gaza that stops short of concluding it has violated the terms for its use of U.S. weapons, Axios said on Thursday.
\nThe report, citing three officials, added that the State Department was reviewing the use of weapons by Israel and six other countries engaged in different armed conflicts.
\nOn Tuesday, Reuters reported that the Biden administration was set to miss a Wednesday deadline to report to Congress on whether Israel is violating international humanitarian law in Gaza.
\nA national security memorandum, NSM-20, issued by President Joe Biden in February, required the department to report to Congress by May 8 how credible are Israel\u2019s assurances that its use of U.S. weapons does not violate U.S. or international law.
\nOn Tuesday, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told a press briefing the NSM-20 report was not yet finished but the department was working \u201cvery hard\u201d to complete it.
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