#US / Concerns Intelligence Information Provided to Israel
Contributes to the Unprecedented Killing of Civilians in Gaza
A secret memorandum has expanded intelligence sharing between the U.S. and Israel after a #Hamas attack in October, leading to concerns in Washington about potential contributions to civilian deaths.
There is little independent oversight to confirm that U.S.-supplied intelligence isn't used in strikes that unnecessarily kill civilians or damage infrastructure.
Democratic lawmakers and human-rights groups have raised questions, with over 32,000 Gazan deaths (mostly women and children) and substantial destruction of civilian infrastructure.
Rep. Jason Crow (D., Colo.), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, is worried that shared intelligence isn't advancing U.S. interests.
[...] “What I’m concerned about is making sure our intelligence sharing is consistent with our values and our national-security interests,”
[...] Crow said he met separately with a senior Israeli military figure and U.S. intelligence officials and said there were “some pretty big inconsistencies” in the two sides’ accounts of the civilian toll.
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