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apa.az.americas
19 April 2025

Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) reports:
“US delivers large amount of weapons, ammunition to Israel in last 24 hours”

In the last 24 hours, nine cargo planes belonging to the U.S. Air Force have delivered a large amount of weapons and ammunition to the Nevatim military base in the south of the Palestinian territories, APA reports citing the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN).

Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) claimed that the hundreds of special missiles brought to the Nevatim base, used for bunker busting, were sent by the US in preparation for a potential strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities......... in case negotiations between the US and Iran fail.

These missiles are reported by Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) to have been sent to Israel from US bases in Europe and the Middle East.

The New York Times (NYT) also reported that the Israeli administration was preparing to strike Iran’s military bases and nuclear facilities in May of this year, but U.S. President Donald Trump did not support this option in order to pursue negotiations with Tehran.

Backstory An earlier NEW YORK TIMES story reported Israel itself had planned to strike Iranian nuclear sites as soon as next month but was waved off by President Trump in recent weeks in favor of negotiating a deal with Tehran to limit its nuclear program, according to administration officials and others briefed on the discussions.

Israeli officials had recently developed plans to attack Iranian nuclear sites in May. They were prepared to carry them out, and at times were optimistic that the United States would sign off. The goal of the proposals, according to officials briefed on them, was to set back Tehran’s ability to develop a nuclear weapon by a year or more.

Almost all of the plans would have required US help not just to defend Israel from Iranian retaliation, but also to ensure that an Israeli attack was successful, making sure the United States was seen as a central part of the attack itself.

For now, Mr. Trump has chosen diplomacy over military action. In his first term, he tore up the Iran nuclear deal negotiated by the Obama administration. But in his second term, eager to avoid being sucked into another war in the Middle East, he has opened negotiations with Tehran, giving it a deadline of just a few months to negotiate a deal over its nuclear program.