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More than 1,800 2,000-pound bombs and 500 500-pound bombs, along with 25 F-35 fighter jets were approved for transfer.The post US OKs 2,000-lb. bombs, F-35 fighter jets to Israel appeared
The Biden administration in recent days quietly authorized the transfer of billions of dollars in bombs and fighter jets to Israel despite Washington's concerns about an anticipated military offensive in southern Gaza that could threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians.
"They’ve asked for stuff that we either don’t have the capacity to provide or not willing to provide,” said the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff.The post Top
Delivery of both the bombs and the fighter jets and engines was approved by Congress years ago but had not yet been fulfilled.
Pentagon Press Secretary U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder. Via Joseph Clark/Department of Defense(WASHINGTON) -- The United States hasn't given Israel every weapon it has asked for as it continues military operations against Hamas in Gaza, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told reporters on Thursday."Although we've been supporting them with capability, they've not received everything they've asked for," Gen. CQ Brown said at an event hosted by the Defense Writers Group,That is partly "because they've asked for stuff that we're -- either don't have the capacity [for] or...