President Donald Trump has ended his predecessor’s hold on sending 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, lifting a pressure point that had been meant to reduce civilian casualties during the U.S. ally’s

Hamas commander Rafa Salama and around a 100 Palestinian civilians were killed by an MK-84 bomb in Rafah's Al-Mawasi on July 13, 2024

The Trump administration instructed the Pentagon to lift restrictions on the supply of heavy aerial bombs for Israel, the Axios portal reported. Previously, these had been blocked by Joe Biden. The Trump administration decided to lift restrictions on the supply of heavy aerial bombs for Israel.

Under Biden, the US paused delivery of 3,500 bombs, including 2,000-pound explosives, to Israel in May to limit civilian casualties in Rafah.

President Donald Trump's White House has instructed the U.S. military to release a hold imposed by the Biden administration on the supply of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, a White House source told Reuters on Saturday.