The Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Charles Brown, said on Thursday that Israel had not obtained all the weapons it requested from the United States.

Brown added to a small group of journalists: “Although we support them with capabilities, they have not received everything they asked for.”

He continued: “Some of this is because they have asked for things that we are not currently able to provide or are not particularly willing to provide right now.”

He stated: “We make recommendations based on what they ask of us, and how that affects our preparedness, especially if it will come from our stocks.”

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US Navy spokesman Geralt Dorsey said that Brown's statements "refer only to standard practice before providing military assistance to any of our allies and partners, as we evaluate US stockpiles and any potential impact on our readiness to determine our ability to provide the required assistance, and there is no change in policy." American".

He added: “The United States continues to provide security assistance to our ally Israel as it defends itself against the Hamas movement.”

Brown also told reporters that during meetings he held with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and his team this week in Washington, they "made requests for various forms of military assistance."

CNN reported earlier that Gallant reiterated Israel's desire to purchase a new squadron of F-15 and F-35 fighter jets in addition to Apache helicopters.

Israeli officials are pressing their American counterparts for faster approval and progress on arms transfers, several officials and people familiar with the requests told CNN