According to a report in Axios, last night, the Trump White House instructed the Pentagon to release the hold imposed by the Biden administration on the supply of 2,000-pound bombs for Israel, according to three unnamed Israeli officials. The Israeli government was notified by the Pentagon about the release on Jan. 24, an Israeli official said. The officials said that 1,800 MK-84 bombs, which were held in storage in the U.S., will be put on a ship and delivered to Israel in the coming days.
The release of the bombs was confirmed by Trump himself. “We released them today and they’ll have them. They paid for them and they’ve been waiting for them for a long time,” he told journalists on his way to Miami from Las Vegas, reported AP.