Israel has not received all weapons it has asked for, top US general says

The United States’ top general says Israel had not received every weapon that it has asked for, in part because US President Joe Biden’s administration was not willing to provide at least some of them.

“Although we’ve been supporting them with capability, they’ve not received everything they’ve asked for,” says General Charles Q. Brown, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff.

“Some of that is because they’ve asked for stuff that we either don’t have the capacity to provide or not willing to provide, not right now,” Brown adds, while speaking at an event hosted by the Defense Writers Group.

“It is a constant dialogue,” Brown says.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in Washington earlier this week and the Pentagon said security assistance to Israel was discussed.