以色列一、以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡公开声称，在以色列与哈马斯在加沙的持续战争中，拜登政府广泛停止了对以色列的军事支持，这在周二引起了整个华盛顿的困惑和沮丧，因为拜登政府官员断然否认了这些指控。
“我们真的不知道他在说什么，”白宫新闻秘书卡琳·让·皮埃尔在她的每日新闻发布会上说。“我们就是不要。”
内塔尼亚胡在一个发布到x的视频中提出了指控。
他用英语说，在美国国务卿安东尼·布林肯最近访问以色列期间，他告诉他，“在过去几个月里，美国政府一直扣留武器弹药，这是不可思议的”
“以色列，美国最亲密的盟友，为自己的生命而战，对抗伊朗和我们其他共同的敌人，”他继续说道。
在总理复述对话时，布林肯保证拜登政府正在“夜以继日”地消除“瓶颈”
“我当然希望是这样。应该是这样，”内塔尼亚胡说。
星期二在国务院举行的新闻发布会上，布林肯被问及对此事的看法。
虽然国务卿拒绝证实或否认内塔尼亚胡对他们讨论的描述，但他反复强调了拜登政府对以色列国防的承诺。
“重要的是要记住，我们与以色列的安全关系远远超出了加沙地带。布林肯说:“以色列正面临多重威胁和挑战，包括来自北方、真主党、伊朗和红海的胡塞武装。
他还强调了乔·拜登总统的承诺，即确保以色列拥有“有效抵御这些威胁所需的一切”，认为这对避免中东局势进一步升级至关重要。
“我们的姿态没有改变，”布林肯坚称，称这是“正常的订单”，只有一批2000磅的炸弹因拜登公开表示担心这些不精确的弹药可能被用于加沙南部城市拉法和其他平民密集地区而被暂停。
两名参与批准向以色列转让武器的官员支持国防部长的评论，告诉美国广播公司新闻，政府正在继续处理长期以来的申请和冲突爆发后的新订单。
尽管拜登政府面临着来自总统自己政党成员的越来越大的压力，要求停止对以色列的军事支持，但布林肯在12月份两次援引紧急权力，以绕过国会审查，并加快对以色列的武器运输。
五角大楼发言人帕特·赖德少将周二表示:“自10月7日哈马斯发动恶意袭击以来，我们已向以色列紧急提供了数十亿美元的安全援助，以使他们能够进行自卫。我们将继续为他们提供防御所需的安全援助。"
虽然政府承诺将继续支持以色列军方，但拜登总统下令对美国国防转让进行的审查，令人对以色列使用美国武器是否符合国际人道主义法产生了重大怀疑。
这份报告于5月发布，发现“合理的评估”是，以色列安全部队在加沙使用美国提供的国防物品的方式与该国的法律义务或减轻平民伤害的最佳做法“不一致”。
Biden administration strongly denies Netanyahu's claim US is blocking arms shipments amid war with Hamas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's public assertion that the Biden administration is broadly withholding military support for Israel amid its ongoing war with Hamas in Gaza prompted confusion and frustration across Washington on Tuesday, as Biden administration officials flatly denied the allegations.
"We genuinely do not know what he's talking about," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at her daily press briefing. "We just don't."
Netanyahu made the accusations in a video posted to X.
Speaking in English, he said he told Secretary of State Antony Blinken during the U.S. diplomat's recent visit to Israel that it was "inconceivable that in the past few months, the administration has been withholding weapons and ammunitions."
"Israel, America's closest ally, fighting for its life, fighting againstIranand our other common enemies," he continued.
In the prime minister's retelling of the conversation, Blinken gave assurances that the Biden administration was working "day and night" to remove "bottlenecks."
"I certainly hope that's the case. It should be the case," Netanyahu said.
During a news conference Tuesday at the State Department, Blinken was asked for his side of the story.
While the secretary declined to confirm or deny Netanyahu's characterization of their discussion, he repeatedly underscored the Biden administration's commitment to Israel's defense.
"It's very important to remember that our security relationship with Israel goes well beyond Gaza. Israel is facing a multiplicity of threats and challenges including in the north, from Hezbollah, from Iran, from the Houthis in the Red Sea," Blinken said.
He also emphasized President Joe Biden's promise to ensure Israel has "what it needs to effectively defend itself against these threats," arguing it was critical to avoiding greater escalation in the Middle East.
"There has been no change in our posture," Blinken insisted, saying it was "regular order" with the exception of one shipment of 2,000-pound bombs paused over Biden's publicly expressed concern the imprecise munitions could be used in the southern Gazan city of Rafah and other areas heavily populated by civilians.
Two officials involved in approving arms transfers to Israel backed up the secretary's comments, telling ABC News the administration is continuing to process both longstanding requests in the pipeline and new orders made after the onset of the conflict.
Although the Biden administration has faced increasing pressure from members of the president's own party to halt military support for Israel, Blinken invoked emergency authorities twice in December to bypass congressional review and speed up arms shipments to the country.
"Since Hamas' vicious attack on Oct. 7, we've rushed billions of dollars in security assistance to Israel to enable them to defend themselves," Pentagon spokesperson Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said Tuesday. "And we are going to continue to provide them the security assistance they need for defense."
While the administration has promised it will continue to support the Israeli military, a review of U.S. defense transfers ordered by President Biden cast significant doubt on whether Israel was using American arms in compliance with international humanitarian law.
The report, which was released in May,found it was "reasonable to assess" that defense articles provided by the U.S. been used by Israeli security forces in Gaza in ways there were "inconsistent" with the country's legal obligations or best practices for mitigating civilian harm.
