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I got the circumstances wrong, the temporary halt was because he didn't want the weapons used on civilians in Rafah.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-pentagon-holds-briefing-after-biden-announces-plan-to-withhold-weapons-delivery-to-israel
And also it caused a Republican shit storm: https://mccormick.house.gov/media/in-the-news/daily-caller-exclusive-more-100-lawmakers-slam-biden-withholding-weapons-israel
Looks like they did threaten to withhold military aid in the fall over the flow of humanitarian aid, but that didn't happen.
@NewSocialWhoDis Thanks for the clarifcation albeit I seriously doubt biden had any real control over what the generals do, and in this case they most likely didnt want to piss off Egypt, which has a huge military ground force to match the ones israel and the US DON'T have. Rumsfeld's leaner meaner army happened... at least the Leaner part.