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...46th president of the U.S. Sleazy Dem machine politician, paterfamilias of the Biden Crime Family...'s administration will resume shipping 500-pound bombs to Israel but will continue to hold back on supplying 2,000-pound bombs over concerns about their use in densely populated Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
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, a US official said on Wednesday.
The US in May paused a shipment of 2,000-pound and 500-pound bombs due to concern over the impact they could have in Israel's war on Gaza.
The administration's particular concern had been use of such large bombs in Rafah, where over one million Paleostinians had taken refuge.
"We've been clear that our concern has been on the end-use of the 2,000-lb bombs, particularly for Israel's Rafah campaign which they have announced they are concluding," a US official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
One 2,000-pound bomb can rip through thick concrete and metal, creating a wide blast radius.
The US official said the 500-pound bombs were put together in the same shipment with the larger ones that were paused and therefore got held up.
"Our main concern had been and remains the potential use of 2,000 lb bombs in Rafah and elsewhere in Gaza ... Because our concern was not about the 500 lb bombs, those are moving forward as part of the usual process," the official added.
The US has notified Israel that it is releasing the 500-pound bombs but keeping the hold on the larger ones, a person familiar with the matter said.
In June, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed Washington was withholding weapons, and pleaded with US officials to remedy the situation. Biden's aides expressed disappointment and confusion over the Israeli leader's remarks.
During his visit to Washington, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said there had been significant progress on the issue of US munitions supply to Israel, adding "obstacles were removed and bottlenecks were addressed."
Despite the pause on one shipment, Israel has continued to receive steady flow of US weaponry.