Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar thanked US President Donald Trump for authorising the release of a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel that the Biden administration had previously halted, Al Jazeera reports.
“Thank you President Trump for yet another display of leadership by releasing the crucial defence shipment to Israel,” Saar said on X. The Middle East is safer when “Israel has what it needs to defend itself”, he added.
The MK-84 is one of the heaviest pieces provided to Israel by the United States. Armies tend to use the MK-84 sparingly but Israel is reported to have used it heavily on Gaza.
