The White House on Tuesday disputed comments from Israel‘s prime minister that appeared to suggest the United States was delaying multiple weapons shipments for Israel’s war against Hamas.
“We generally do not know what he’s talking about,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. “There was one particular shipment of munitions that was paused. … There are no other pauses. None.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered fierce criticism of the Biden administration in a prerecorded video shared on social media earlier in the day, saying it’s “inconceivable that in the past few months, the administration has been withholding weapons and ammunitions to Israel.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
“When Secretary Blinken was recently here in Israel, we had a candid conversation, I said I deeply appreciated the support the U.S. has given Israel from the…