President Donald Trump has instructed the US military to release a hold imposed by former President Joe Biden on the supply of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, Trump said. The move was widely expected.
“We released them. We released them today. And they’ll have them. They paid for them and they’ve been waiting for them for a long time. They’ve been in storage,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.
Biden put the hold on the delivery of those bombs due to concern over the impact they could have on the civilian population, particularly in Gaza’s Rafah, during Israel’s war in the Palestinian enclave.
When asked why he released the powerful bombs, Trump responded, “because they bought them.”
Earlier, Trump said on the Truth Social media platform, “A lot of things that were ordered and paid for by Israel, but have not been sent by Biden, are now on their way!”
Trump and Biden have been strong supporters of US ally Israel, even as Washington has come under criticism from human rights advocates over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza from Israel’s military assault against the Palestinian fighter group Hamas. Protesters have
unsuccessfully demanded an arms embargo.
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