'Thank you for keeping your promise': Netanyahu expresses gratitude to Trump for ending hold on arms shipment

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a video message thanking US President Donald Trump for lifting the hold on certain munitions for Israel.

Netanyahu emphasised the importance of the move for Israel’s defence, stating, “Thank you, President Trump, for keeping your promise to give Israel the tools it needs to defend itself, to confront our common enemies, and to secure a future of peace and prosperity.”

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Trump lifts Biden-era hold on bomb shipment

On Saturday night, Trump announced that he had removed a hold placed by former president Joe Biden on shipment of 2,000-pound bombs for Israel. Trump took to his social media app, Truth Social, to share the news, writing, “A lot of things that were ordered and paid for by Israel, but have not been sent by Biden, are on their way!”

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Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump confirmed, “We released them (the bombs). We released them today. And they’ll have them. They paid for them, and they’ve been waiting for them for a long time. They’ve been in storage.”

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Ben Gvir supports Trump's Gaza relocation proposal

In a video message, Otzma Yehudit party leader Itamar Ben Gvir expressed his backing for US President Donald Trump’s suggestion to move some of Gaza’s population to Jordan and Egypt, either temporarily or permanently.

He siad, “I congratulate the president of the United States of America, Donald Trump, on his initiative to transfer residents from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan.”

(With inputs from agencies)