Biden administration mum on report of withheld military support to Israel

The Biden administration has not publicly responded to new information that it put a hold on a shipment of U.S. ammunition to Israel.

Israeli officials told Axios that the ammunition shipment to Israel was stopped last week, which marks the first time since the Oct. 7 attack that the U.S. halted a weapons shipment intended for the Israeli military.

The Department of Defense and State Department declined to comment to the Washington Examiner on the news. A National Security Council spokesperson declined to comment on the specifics as well but provided a statement on the U.S.’s general support for Israel.

“The United States has surged billions of dollars in security assistance to Israel since the October 7 attacks, passed the largest ever supplemental appropriation for

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