Good evening. I'm on the Navas. Jeff Bennett is on assignment on the news hour tonight.

A highly anticipated report concludes the U.S. will continue sending weapons to Israel despite

apparent violations of international humanitarian law. Witness testimonies

resume and former President Trump's hush money trial as attorney Michael Cohen

prepares to take the stand. And horrific new details from Sudan where

paramilitary forces have killed thousands in what human rights groups call ethnic cleanses. Welcome to the News Hour. A highly anticipated report from the State Department concludes that the U.S. may continue

to send weapons to Israel despite apparent Israeli violations of

international humanitarian law. The findings come just two days after the president said he would suspend

shipment of 3,500 bombs to Israel as it now surges forces around Raffa in

Southern Gaza. The administration has said it opposes a full-scale ground

invasion of Rafa City where more than a million Gazans are sheltering. Here to

walk through the details of this report at the end of this eventful week is our Nick Shifran. So Nick,

tell us more about this report. What more did it say? The National Security

Memorandum, number 20, that this report is based on, requires the Department of

State to obtain quote credible and reliable

written assurances that Israel as well as half a dozen other countries that gets

US weapons are using those weapons in accordance of international

humanitarian law and not restricting U.S. humanitarian

assistance.

The report is very critical, as you said, about the former aspect of that.

Quote, it is reasonable to assess that defense articles of that

defense articles covered under national security memorandum 20 have been used by Israeli

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