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A recent statement by Benjamin Netanyahu seems to indicate this is still sadly the case:

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu published a video statement Tuesday urging the U.S. to stop withholding weapons and ammunition from Israel.

In May, the Biden administration confirmed that it was withholding heavy precision bombs from Israel in protest against Israel’s decision to enter the southern Gaza town of Rafah to fight the last remaining Hamas battalions.

As a result, Israel was forced to send troops into potentially booby-trapped buildings rather than bombing them.

The White House said it was concerned about Palestinian civilian casualties, but a million civilians left Rafah.

Given the success of the Israeli operation — which has reportedly destroyed half of the Hamas terrorist battalions in Rafah — and the departure of so many civilians to safety, it was thought that Biden had relented on the arms issue.

Apparently, it's not the case. So Netanyahu had to respond with the following:

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 beginning of the war.

But I also said something else. I said it’s inconceivable that in the past few months, the administration has been withholding weapons and ammunitions to Israel.

Israel, America’s closest ally, fighting for its life, fighting against Iran and our other common enemies.

Secretary Blinken assured me that the administration is working day and night to remove these bottlenecks. I certainly hope that’s the case. It should be the case.

During World War II, Churchill told the United States, ‘Give us the tools, we’ll do [sic] the job.’ And I say, give us the tools and we’ll finish the job a lot faster.

While it's reprehensible what Biden's staff are doing, this just goes to show why one can't rely solely on foreign products instead of one's own in order to deal with serious issues like these. For now, the reason these weapons are needed is because:

The need for heavy precision bombs, as well as artillery, has become particularly acute as Israel turns its focus to the growing threat from Iranian-backed Hezbollah, which has been firing projectiles at Israel from southern Lebanon.

And their attacks have been making much of the north of Israel very dangerous and lethal. The government's approved more operations to battle the Hezbollah in Lebanon, and that looks like it'll be the next mission the IDF will be working on.

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