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Senators Call for Restarting Ammunition Shipments to Israel

Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Ted Budd, R-N.C., urged President Joe Biden to resume sending ammunition to Israel after he reportedly suspended the shipments.

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“We must give Israel the arms it needs to fight the Hamas terrorists that continue to hold Americans hostage,” the senators wrote Biden in a May 6 letter released May 7.

At a May 7 press briefing, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters she will not comment on “specific cases" but that the administration’s commitment to Israel’s security is “ironclad.”