In a letter obtained by ABC, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken describes the assessment to House Speaker Mike Johnson.
The US determination says it “will not delay the delivery of any US assistance and Israel will be able to receive the full amount appropriated by Congress,” Blinken wrote.
“The Israeli government has presented new information regarding the status of the unit and we will be committed to identifying a path for effective remediation of this unit,” he told Johnson.
“But this will have no impact on our support for Israel’s ability to defend itself against Hamas, Iran, Hezbollah or other threats,” he added.
Nearly 490 Palestinians have been killed and another 5,000 injured in attacks by the Israeli army and illegal settlers in the occupied West Bank since last October, the Health Ministry announced.
The Netzah Yehuda Battalion is a special unit of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) composed primarily of ultra-Orthodox Jews.