A senior official in the US State Department has tendered a resignation, declaring he could not support further US military assistance to Israel, according to Washington Post.

“The robust US military assistance for Israel is effectively giving the country a green light to do what it wants against Gaza, regardless of the civilian toll,” Josh Paul, who was a Director of Political-Military Affairs for the State Department, said in a letter posted to his LinkedIn account.

He also called the US administration’s response “an impulsive reaction” based on “intellectual bankruptcy”, adding that supplying Israel with lethal weaponry and ammunition was “impulsive” and “immensely disappointing.”

Paul said he could no longer “work in support of rushing more arms to one side”. It was “our responsibility [to] be able to name gross violations of human rights no matter who carries them out”, he added.