GAZA, (PIC)-- The American Pentagon decided on Wednesday to meet Israel’s demand and restock its dwindling supplies including mortar shells and ammo for machineguns.
“The 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”, Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said in a statement .
He said that the ammunitions are located inside Israel as part of a program managed by the U.S. military and called War Reserves Stock Allies-Israel (WRSA-I),which stores munitions locally for U.S. use that Israel can also access in emergency situations.
Amnesty International has called on the U.S. administration to stop military assistance to Israel, and to pressure the United Nations to ban arms sales to parties involved in the Gaza conflict.
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