The United States is studying the possibility of supplying Israel with a large batch of shells – 2024-04-19 21:37:41

The United States is exploring the option of concluding new contracts with Israel to supply it with tank and mortar shells, as well as military vehicles worth over $1 billion.

As Day.Az reports with reference to Interfax, unnamed representatives of the American authorities reported this to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).

“Contracts currently under consideration include $700 million worth of 120mm tank shells, $500 million worth of military vehicles and less than $100 million of 120mm mortar shells, US officials said,” the WSJ reported.

However, the newspaper notes, these possible supplies come in addition to the emergency spending package being considered in Congress for the needs of US allies, including Israel. At the same time, the proposal for new defense contracts with the participation of Israel may encounter opposition among some American congressmen who oppose the provision of new volumes of weapons to the Israeli side.

The State Department and the Pentagon did not comment on this information. The White House did not respond to WSJ’s request for this information. The Israeli Ministry of Defense also declined to comment.

According to the publication, since the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, the United States has sent the Israeli side thousands of bombs, tank and artillery shells, precision weapons and air defense systems.

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The official publicly supported the federal judge’s nomination. She defined him as an “expeditious and fast” person.

In the last hours, the Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrichjoined the list of supports for the candidacy of the federal judge Ariel Lijo for the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation and publicly supported his election to take the place of Elena Highton de Nolasco, who resigned from the position at the end of last year. “She is a practical person who resolves things according to the law,” she highlighted about him.

The official’s statements were in dialogue with TN, where she gave an interview on Thursday night in which she highlighted the career of the Comodoro Py magistrate – who was nominated by the Executive Branch to join the highest Argentine court – and shared his experience working alongside him.

“I have a totally different view than many people have about Lijo. “I have worked a lot with him, the first four years that I worked as Minister of Security and when I was a national deputy in cases that he handled corruption,” said Bullrich about Lijo, emphasizing the role he played in important causes of this style. .

In this sense, he made reference to the prosecution and arrest of Amado Boudou, and recalled that thanks to joint work “he ended up putting a vice president in prison for the first time in history.” “He was convicted and reached the last instance,” he said in this regard.

Federal Judge Ariel Lijo

Among his characteristics, the Minister of Security highlighted that Lijo is “expeditious, fast” and recalled that thanks to the work carried out together Lijo “ended up imprisoning a vice president for the first time in history,” in reference to the prosecution and arrest of former Vice President.

“Later I worked with him in all drug operations, in very important cases. Now I am working with him on cases that are very relevant to the security of Argentina. I ask for raids against terrorists and they have always answered me. He is a practical person who resolves things according to the Law and the Right,” he summarized.

Bullrich’s support for Lijo occurs in the same week in which the Government made official through the Official Gazette its proposal for him to join the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation. In the resolution, the Executive Branch highlighted the judge’s curricular background, highlighting that he is a lawyer who graduated from the UBA and that he has a postgraduate degree in Administration of Justice.

“He was appointed as Federal Judge in charge of the National Criminal and Federal Correctional Court No. 4 of the Federal Capital, where he serves to this day. “He has competence and expertise in the investigation of complex crimes such as corruption, drug crime, human trafficking, economic crimes, cybercrime, crimes against the constitutional order, international extradition requirements and trademark fraud,” reads the document on Lijo.

And he continues: “On the other hand, he specialized in the management of assets seized within the framework of criminal proceedings and in supporting victims and people affected by vulnerable groups of crimes.”

Lijo also received the support of judges and prosecutors from all over the country who endorsed the proposed candidacy to complete the appointments in the highest court of justice: he received the support of the entire Federal Criminal Chamber of the Capital, as well as strong support from female judges. and prosecutors from all over the country.

Among the representatives of the Judiciary who have already supported Lijo’s nomination are all the judges of the National Court of Appeals for Federal Criminal Correctional Matters of the Federal Capital, doctors Leopoldo Bruglia, Mariano Llorens, Pablo Daniel Bertuzzi, from Chamber I ; and doctors Martín Irurzun, Eduardo Guillermo Farah and Roberto José Boico, from Room II.

Prominent magistrates and prosecutors such as María Servini, head of the Federal Criminal and Correctional Court N°1, did the same; Maria Eugenia Capuchetti, head of the Federal Criminal and Correctional Court No. 5; Zunilda Niremperger, head of the Federal Court of Resistance N°1; among several others.

Official Iranian media reported on Friday the suspension of flights and the activation of air defenses in several cities after three explosions were recorded near a military base that could be an attack by Israel.

The event occurs amid an escalation of tension between the Islamic Republic and Israel, which had promised to respond to Tehran’s attack with hundreds of missiles and drones launched against its territory.

The American television network ABC, citing a senior American official, said that the Jewish state had launched an attack against Iranian territory.

Questioned about this, the Israeli army said it was not going to make “any comment at the moment” about the explosions in Iran.

An activist from the local Syrian media Suwayda 24, Rayan Maarouf, also reported attacks against a Syrian army radar position in the south of the country, but did not specify the origin of these actions.

In Iran, the local Fars news agency reported “three explosions” near the Shekari military base, near the city of Isfahan, in the center of the country.

The Islamic Republic has nuclear facilities in the province of Isfahan which, according to the Tasnim agency citing “reliable sources”, are “completely safe.”

“On the edge of a cliff”

As a result of this event, authorities activated air defenses in several provinces early Friday, the official Irna press agency said.

The spokesman for Iran’s space agency reported that several drones were “successfully shot down” by air defense and noted that there was no indication of “a missile attack for now.”

“At this time there is no airstrike beyond Isfahan and other parts of the country,” Hossein Dalirian said in a message on the X social network.

Citing airport authorities, the Mehr news agency announced the suspension of commercial flights to and from several cities in the country, including Tehran.

In Israel, the army announced the activation of warning sirens for an air attack in the north of the country, on the border with Lebanon.

These events occur at a time of maximum tension in the Middle East, with fears of a regional expansion of the war between Israel and the Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Last Saturday, Iran carried out its first direct attack against Israel, launching some 350 drones and missiles that Jewish forces intercepted almost entirely.

Tehran authorities claimed to be acting in “legitimate defense” after the deadly bombing of their consulate in Damascus on April 1, which Iran attributes to Israel.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres denounced on Thursday the “dangerous escalation” in the region and warned that “the Middle East is on the edge of a precipice.”

“We are on the brink of a war in the Middle East that will shake the rest of the world,” agreed with concern the head of diplomacy of the European Union, Josep Borrell.

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