Netanyahu again claims US withholding weapons days after Washington denial

People attend a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government, and demanding elections, in Tel Aviv (Leo Correa/AP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said there has been a “dramatic drop” in US weapons deliveries for Israel’s war effort in Gaza, doubling down on a claim Washington has denied and underscoring the growing strains between the two allies.

Mr Netanyahu told his cabinet on Sunday that the drop occurred four months ago, without specifying which weapons, saying only that “certain items arrived sporadically but the munitions at large remained behind”.