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Richard Luscombe in Miami

Ron DeSantis’s claim he sent military equipment to Israel unravels

Ron DeSantis
Israel’s consul general to Miami said he had not asked for DeSantis’s help and ‘would find it very, very bizarre to think that somebody is procuring weapons and sending it to Israel’. Photograph: Randall Hill/Reuters

Ron DeSantis is receiving pushback from Israeli diplomats, Florida Democrats and the White House after he falsely claimed credit for a gun-running operation to assist Israel’s military operations in Gaza.

The Florida governor and 2024 presidential hopeful declared on Thursday that he had worked with Israel’s consul general in Miami to send military equipment, including drones, body armor and helmets.

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