People erect tents amidst the rubble of destroyed buildings as displaced Palestinians return to the northern areas of the Gaza Strip, in Jabalia. AFP
"Thank you, President Trump, for yet another display of leadership by releasing the crucial defence shipment to Israel," Saar said on X, adding the region is safer when "Israel has what it needs to defend itself".
Trump's new administration has promised "unwavering support" for Israel without yet laying out details of its Middle East policy.
US President confirmed Saturday that he had ordered the Pentagon to release a shipment of 2,000-lb bombs for Israel, which was blocked by his predecessor, Joe Biden.
“We released them today," Trump said of the bombs during a 20-minute question-and-answer session with reporters aboard Air Force One.
“They’ve been waiting for them for a long time." Asked why he lifted the ban on those bombs, Trump responded, “Because they bought them.”
Biden halted their delivery in May as part of an effort to keep Israel from launching an all-out assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah. A month later, Israel did take control of the city.
The Biden pause had also held up 1,700 500-pound bombs that had been packaged in the same shipment to Israel, but weeks later, those bombs were delivered.
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