Trump ends Biden’s hold on sending 2000-pound bombs to Israel

President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One en route to Florida at Harry Reid International Airport (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)

President Donald Trump has ended his predecessor’s hold on sending 2000-pound bombs to Israel.

The move lifted a pressure point that had been meant to reduce civilian casualties during the US ally’s war with Hamas in Gaza that is now halted by a tenuous ceasefire.