The United States confirmed it had restocked Israel\u2019s supplies of ammunition, hours after issuing a strong condemnation of an attack on a United Nations school in Gaza, AFP reported.<\/p>\n
The Israeli military requested additional ammunition to restock its dwindling supplies on July 20, the Pentagon said. The US Defense Department approved the sale just three days later.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe United States is committed to the security of Israel, and it is vital to US national interests to assist Israel to develop and maintain a strong and ready self-defense capability,\u201d Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis defense sale is consistent with those objectives.\u201d<\/p>\n
Two of the requested munitions came from a little-known stockpile of ammunition stored by the US military on the ground in Israel for emergency use by the Jewish state. The War Reserve Stockpile Ammunition-Israel is estimated to be worth $1 billion.<\/p>\n
The decision to provide ammunition to Israel could fuel controversy, coming just as Washington expresses growing concern about the deaths of more than 1,300 Palestinians, most of them civilians, since the Israeli operation began on July 8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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