Members of the American Senate revealed as part of the conclusions of a discussion in the Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Council of the House of Representatives in the United States, that the White House continues to deny Israel critical armaments for fighting in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.
According to the conclusions of the discussion, which was carried out at the request of Senators Tom Cotton and Mitch McConnell, committee members from the Republican Party. The White House ordered the Pentagon to continue to withhold certain weapons and armaments from Israel as an engine of pressure on the Israeli leadership.
According to the details revealed by two members of the Senate, at the behest of the White House under the leadership of outgoing President Joe Biden and his Vice President Kamala Harris, the US is withholding from Israel MK-84 bombs, one-ton bombs known in the Air Force as "Heavy Hail". The bombs are used by Israel for attacks Depth of various types, including senior assassinations and attacking fortified or underground targets.
Beyond that, the minutes of the discussion published by the members of the Senate reveal that the White House is also withholding from Israel D-9 bulldozers, which are used by the IDF in missions to uncover axes and destroy buildings suspected of being trapped, and are considered to be defensive in nature. In addition to this, the White House even refuses according to The document to bring to a final signature a standing deal between Israel and the US for the purchase of "Apache" type combat helicopters, even though Israel was promised as early as December 2023 that the deal would be advanced quickly.