President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday promised to eliminate all restrictions and delays on arms deliveries to Israel on his first day in office, according to Israel's Channel 12 News and reporter Amit Segal. Yediot Aronot newspaper.
The Biden-Harris administration withheld precision bombs from Israel in May after Israel decided to invade Rafah, the southernmost city of the Gaza Strip, against clear demands from the White House. Israel eventually secured the Gaza-Egypt border and killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who was attempting to flee through Rafah.
The administration has since released those weapons, but Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) says the administration has delayed the delivery of weapons that had already been approved by Congress by failing to file proper notifications. insisted. Breitbart News reported in March that Israeli military officials were secretly withholding weapons to pressure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take a softer approach to defeating Hamas. He said he believed it.
Lacking precision bombs, Israel had to send soldiers into buildings in the Gaza Strip where Palestinian terrorists were believed to be hiding, risking their lives with combat and booby traps.
Precision bombs and bunker bombs were also crucial in the fight against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Hezbollah leaders had built headquarters and other facilities near the border as well as underground in the capital, Beirut. Israel used such a bunker bomb to kill Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in September.
President Trump pursued the same dual strategy that brought about the Abraham Accords in his first term, promising to allow Israel to win the war while also insisting on ending it through diplomacy if possible. .
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