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US shipment of 2,000lb bombs arrives in Israel after Trump breaks Biden freeze
The shipment came in as the IDF was considering renewing the war in Gaza in the coming two weeks should Hamas cease releasing hostages.
Further, the Post has learned that then-defense minister Yoav Gallant succeeded in ending parts of the freeze during a trip to Washington in June 2024. However, according to defense sources, when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly criticized Biden over the freeze and jousted with the former president’s team over moving to quickly cut a ceasefire with Hamas and toward signing on to a plan for the Palestinian Authority to take over Gaza, the US decided to maintain the partial freeze on the MK-84s. US President Donald Trump immediately removed the freeze upon his inauguration on January 20, but it takes time to ship such large bombs across the Atlantic Ocean to Israel.
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