Netanyahu thanked Trump for lifting restrictions on bomb shipments to Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for lifting restrictions on 2,000-pound bombs.

Earlier in the day, the American confirmed the lifting of the ban imposed by former White House chief Joe Biden.

"Thank you, President Trump, for keeping your promise to provide Israel with the tools it needs to defend itself, confront our common enemies and secure a future of peace and prosperity," he said.

Before that, on May 8, 2024, Biden said that Israel would stop receiving artillery shells and aerial bombs if the Israeli army invaded Rafah territory.

In turn, CNN TV channel, citing sources, reported about Israel's discontent over the cessation of US ammunition supplies. According to the source, the US pressure should be exerted on the Palestinian movement Hamas, not on Israel.

The situation in the Middle East escalated on the morning of Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a massive rocket attack from the Gaza Strip into Israel and invaded border areas in the south and took hostages. Israel began retaliatory strikes the same day.

The Palestinians are trying to ensure that future borders between the two countries follow the lines that existed before the 1967 Six-Day War, with possible land swaps. Palestine wants to establish its own state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, with East Jerusalem as its capital. Israel refuses to return to the 1967 borders and divide Jerusalem.