US bombs arrive in Israel during Rubios visit

US bombs arrive in Israel during Rubios visit

A shipping of heavy bombs from the United States has arrived in Israel, while Marco "> Marco Rubio visited the country. This is Rubios's first official visit to the region since its appointment as U.S. Foreign Minister.

Arrival of ammunition in Israel

The ammunition was sent after the administration of President Donald trump In the past month, an embargo for deliveries, as the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced on Sunday.

strengthening the US Israel alliance

Israel's Minister of Defense Israel Katz said that the delivery of the MK-84 ammunition stocks "is an important asset for the Air Force and the Israeli forces (IDF) and provides further evidence of the strong alliance between Israel and the United States." Katz thanked Trump and the US administration for their "unshakable support."

political implications of delivery

The release of severe bomb deliveries by the new administration raises one of the few bidea era policies that wanted to exert judicial influence on Israel during the war in Gaza. Former President Joe Biden had restricted the delivery of 2,000 pound bombs because he feared that this could be used by Israel's military in densely populated areas of Gaza.

reactions to the decision of the USA

Despite the tensions between bidges and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this decision did not lead to significant changes in the war. The position of bids among the opponents of the war did not improve significantly, which demanded significantly stricter regulation of American arms exports to Israel.

The head of the Gaza government's media office, Salama Maroof, criticized the USA's decision to provide heavy bombs. "Instead of sending food, medicine, water or building materials for the victims in the Gaza Strip, supports the United States, which describes itself as the first democracy of the world and pioneers of human rights, the criminal crew with 1,800 heavy MK bombs," said Maroof.

rubios diplomatic visit

Rubio landed in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening, where he was received by Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar. On Sunday morning he will have a meeting with Netanyahu in his office in Jerusalem, in which Trump's controversial suggestions for the "takeover" of the Gaza Strip will also come up.

progress in conflict and other trips

The visit takes place one day after the release of three Israeli hostage through Hamas as part of a ceasefire mediated by the USA. Before his meeting with Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Rubio visited the historical church church, as a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed. A press conference is planned for later that day.

Rubio will also visit Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (VAE) as part of his trip.