Trump undoes Biden pause on 2000-pound bombs for Israel

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Trump undoes Biden pause on 2000-pound bombs for Israel

Republican President Donald Trump has instructed the US military to release a hold imposed by Democratic former president Joe Biden on the supply of 2000-pound bombs to Israel.

The move was widely expected.

“We released them,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.

“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.”

Biden put the hold on the delivery of those bombs due to concern about the impact they could have on the civilian population, particularly in Gaza’s Rafah, during Israel’s war in the ************ enclave.

One 2000-pound bomb can rip through thick concrete and metal, creating a wide blast radius.

Reuters reported in 2024 that the Biden administration had sent thousands of 2000-pound bombs to Israel after the October 7, 2023, attack by ************ ****** militants from Gaza but had put a hold on one shipment.

Washington has announced assistance for Israel worth billions of dollars since the war began.

Asked why he released the powerful bombs, Trump responded, “because they bought them”.

“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 said earlier on Saturday on the Truth Social platform.

Trump and Biden have been strong supporters of US ally Israel, even as Washington has faced criticism from human rights advocates over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza from Israel’s military assault.

Protesters have unsuccessfully demanded an arms embargo.

Washington says it is helping Israel defend against Iran-backed militant groups such as ****** in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen.

A Gaza ceasefire began a week ago and has led to the release of some Israeli hostages held by ****** in exchange for ************ prisoners held by Israel.

****** took about 250 hostages during the 2023 attack on Israel in which about 1200 people were killed, according to Israeli tallies.

It sparked the latest bloodshed in the decades-old Israeli-************ conflict.

Israel’s subsequent military assault on Gaza has killed more than 47,000 people, according to the Gaza health ministry, and led to accusations of genocide and war crimes that Israel denies.

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