The Israel Ministry of Defense has confirmed the arrival in the country of a cargo of heavy bombs of the type that suspended last year the now American president, Joe Bidenas a pressure measure to contain the Israeli military offensive in Gaza and was finally annulled by his successor, Donald Trump, as soon as he returned to the White House in January.
A still undetermined number of 900 kilos MK-84 bombs has arrived this last night to the Israeli port of Ashdod for distribution for the country’s air bases.
“The sending of ammunition that arrived in Israel tonight, released by the Trump administration, represents a significant asset for the Air Force, and It serves as additional evidence of the strong alliance between Israel and United StatesS “, has let Minister Katz know in the statement.
Already on January 25, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamín Netanyahu thanked Trump to fulfill his promise to provide Israel “the tools he needs to defend himself”, after having lifted the suspension of a shipment of 1,800 MK-84 bombs.
Although they bid they supported the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip – which has caused more than 48,000 dead, mostly women and children – and kept the armament supply, decided to paralyze in May 2024 the sending of these mass bombs for fear of which They were used in densely populated areas of Rafah, south of the Palestinian enclave, after the military invasion of this area.
The Ministry of Defense recalls that, from the beginning of the war against the militias of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamás, Israel has received more than 76,000 tons of military team, the vast majority of the United Stateshis most important ally in the conflict.
“In our last conversation, the US Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, reiterated the United States commitment to continue providing Israel with all the necessary tools to guarantee their safety,” the minister knows in the statement, published in the account of Facebook of the Ministry.
“I thank the president of the United States, Donald Trump and the US government, for his firm position with our country, Israel. We will continue working together to strengthen our security,” concludes the note.
