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[**The Cradle**](https://thecradle.co/articles-id/24773)

> **The White House has delayed the release of a State Department report on whether Israel has violated US and international humanitarian law during its genocidal war on Gaza,** according to government officials who spoke with [POLITICO](https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/07/israel-gaza-state-report-00156619).
> 
> “***In an email, the Biden administration notified the Hill that it will miss the date – without providing a clear reason why,”*** the DC-based publication reported on 7 May.
> 
> Earlier on Tuesday, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters that the report was not yet finished, adding: ***“We are trying very hard to meet that deadline … It’s possible it slips just a little bit, but we are trying to get it done by tomorrow.”***
> 
> Speaking anonymously, a senior White House official told POLITICO that the report will “**be delayed by less than a week.”**
> 
> **The unexpected delay** comes as Israel [indiscriminately bombs](https://thecradle.co/articles/rafah-death-toll-surges-as-israel-rains-down-white-phosphorus) Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah with internationally-banned munitions. More than 1.4 million Palestinians remain in the border city after being violently displaced from their homes across the strip.
> 
> **The State Department began drafting the report several months ago** and was expected to deliver it on Wednesday. **If the report agrees with the [overwhelming](https://mondoweiss.net/2024/05/gazas-collapsing-health-system-is-one-of-the-goals-of-israels-genocide/) [amount](https://thecradle.co/articles/leading-gaza-surgeon-tortured-to-death-in-israeli-detention) of [evidence](https://thecradle.co/articles/unrwa-staffers-tortured-by-israeli-troops-to-falsely-admit-hamas-links) [showing](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68679482) the Israeli army has committed countless war crimes, US military aid for Tel Aviv could be at risk of drying up.**

**Has the US stalled the release of the report to buy time for Israel?**