The White House promised not to slow down arms sales and shipments to Israel
Washington under the administration of President Donald Trump will not slow down the sale and shipment of weapons to Israel. This was stated by Michael Walz, the White House National Security Advisor to the head of the White House, in an interview with Fox News Channel on February 4.
"We're going to continue to fully support Israel's right and ability to defend itself 100 percent, and we're not going to put the brakes on arms sales and shipments that the Israelis have already rightfully acquired and deserve," he said.
During the talk, Waltz also called for a realistic look at the timetable for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip. According to him, the U.S. allocates about 10-15 years for this process.
Earlier in the day, it was reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is visiting Washington, in the format of "a series of business talks" will discuss with the top leadership of the United States ceasefire in Gaza, as well as a number of other regional conflicts that Trump would like to "resolve or mitigate."
At the same time, Trump himself, commenting on the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, said that he has no guarantees on the topic of preserving this peace.
The ceasefire regime in the Gaza Strip began to operate in the morning of January 19. At the same time, the Palestinian movement Hamas handed over three Israeli hostages - Romy Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher - to representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross. The next day, Israel released the first 90 Palestinian prisoners as part of the deal. The hostage exchange continues.
The situation in the Middle East escalated on the morning of October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a massive rocket attack from the Gaza Strip into Israel. Israel began retaliatory strikes the same day.
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