(CNN) Natasha Bertrand - The Biden administration currently has no plans to place conditions on military aid to Israel, officials told CNN, despite calls for the U.S. to stop providing weapons. U.S. officials told CNN that the U.S. has no plans to shift its position and draw any red lines around the transfer of munitions to Israel. They noted that the administration already expects allies and partners to use U.S.-made equipment in accordance with international humanitarian law and pointed to Israel's practice of embedding military lawyers with Israel Defense Force units who determine beforehand whether a strike will be proportional and legal. The U.S. does not consider the death of civilians as the result of a military operation to be itself a violation of the law of armed conflict, one U.S. official explained. Rather, the U.S. is judging the legality of Israel's operations on whether its strikes are proportional and seeking a legitimate military target.
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