US underlines to Israel it must stick to international law on weapons

The United States has briefed Israel on a new U.S. national security memorandum that reminds countries receiving U.S. weapons to stick to international law, the White House said on Friday.
The memo is a statement of administration policy and was sent on Thursday from the White House to senior Cabinet officials responsible for national security to ensure its aims are carried out.
The memo does not impose new conditions on how U.S. military equipment may be used, but it does require the Biden administration to send a report to Congress annually on whether countries are meeting the requirements.
Since Oct. 7, nearly 28,000 people have been killed in an Israeli military campaign against Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian health officials. The Israeli assault was launched in response to a Hamas attack on Israel in which Israel says 1,200 people were killed.