Concluding meetings, Gallant hails ‘significant progress’ in resolving US arms holdup

After meeting US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, capping a series of meetings with top US officials, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says his visit has yielded considerable progress in resolving the matter of what Jerusalem views as insufficient American weapons shipments to Israel.

In a video statement that sums up his meetings with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Sullivan, Gallant says that “during the meetings we made significant progress, obstacles were removed and bottlenecks were addressed” regarding several issues, including the supply of munitions.

“I would like to thank the US administration and the American public for their enduring support for the State of Israel,” he adds.

Gallant says that in his meeting with Sullivan, the two “discussed developments in Gaza and the various efforts undertaken to bring the hostages back to Israel, Israel’s commitment to ensuring the safe return of Israeli communities to their homes in the north by changing the security reality in the area, and the important cooperation between Israel and the United States vis-a-vis Iranian aggression and its nuclear ambitions.”