White House disputes Netanyahu’s claim that US is withholding weapons from Israel

The White House says that only 2,000lb bombs are under review, with the rest of the weapons shipments ‘moving as [they] normally would’. Composite: AFP via Getty Images, Pool via Reuters

The Biden administration has reacted furiously to criticisms by Benjamin Netanyahu that the US is holding back weapons and ammunition from Israel in its war in Gaza, reportedly cancelling a high-level meeting with Israeli officials on Iran in retaliation.

Netanyahu made the claims of a supposedly deliberate weapons delay in a video posted on X in which he implied that Israel’s ability to prevail in the nine-month war with Hamas was being hampered as a result.