Israel Receives Cargo Of US Heavy Bombs After Supply Ban Lifted

Jerusalem: Israel has acquired a cargo of heavy MK-84 bombs after the US not too long ago lifted a short lived ban on their supply, the Israeli Defence Ministry stated. 

The MK-84 is a 907-kg unguided bomb able to penetrating strengthened targets and inflicting intensive harm with its robust blast energy. 

This cargo of munitions arrived on the Israeli port of Ashdod late on Saturday and was “acquired and unloaded in a single day,” a spokesperson for the Protection Ministry stated in a press release on Sunday. 

Video footage launched by the ministry confirmed transport containers being loaded onto dozens of vehicles, which, in line with the ministry, transported them to Israel’s Air Drive bases, Xinhua information company reported. 

The administration of former US President Joe Biden had suspended the supply of MK-84 bombs to Israel over considerations about their potential use and impression in densely populated areas of the Gaza Strip, the place Israeli bombings and floor assaults have killed tens of hundreds of individuals since October 2023. 

In the identical assertion, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz stated the newest cargo “represents a big asset for the Air Drive and the IDF (Israel Protection Forces).” 

He thanked US President Donald Trump and his administration for releasing the bombs and for his or her “unwavering assist” for Israel. 

Because the begin of the Gaza warfare on October 7, 2023, greater than 76,000 tons of army gear have arrived in Israel by way of 678 airlifts and 129 sea shipments, in line with statistics from Israel’s Defence Ministry.