Trump Sends 2,000-Pound Bombs to Israel, Weighs in on Refugees
Smoke rises from a building destroyed in Israeli airstrike at the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on Jan. 12.
Photographer: Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images
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President Donald Trump ended a Biden administration hold on supplying 2,000-pound bombs to Israel and called on Egypt and Jordan to accept more Palestinian refugees following the devastation of the conflict in Gaza.
The decision on the bombs is in line with Trump’s pledges on the campaign trail and since assuming the presidency to provide Israel with the resources it says it needs to end the conflict.