{"id":261450,"date":"2026-01-28T07:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/261450\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T07:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:33:07","slug":"bidens-former-wh-senior-advisor-rebukes-netanyahu-after-claims-on-gaza-arms-embargo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/261450\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s Former WH Senior Advisor\u00a0rebukes Netanyahu After Claims On Gaza Arms Embargo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Former senior US officials pushed back overnight Tuesday into Wednesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli soldiers were killed in Gaza due to an embargo imposed during the Biden administration, comments that triggered a sharp response from President Joe Biden\u2019s former senior advisor Amos Hochstein.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Following Netanyahu\u2019s comments at a press conference on Tuesday, in which he said Israeli soldiers lost their lives in Gaza due to an embargo imposed by the Biden administration,\u00a0Hochstein issued a public statement rejecting the claim and defending US support for Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">\u201cAfter more than $20 billion in military support, the largest in Israel\u2019s history, two aircraft carriers rushed to the region, deterring a massive regional war, defeating Iran missile and drone attacks twice, and defending Israel at its most vulnerable moments, the only acceptable response to President Biden and the American people is thank you,\u201d Hochstein wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Netanyahu\u2019s remarks came during a <a data-is=\"component-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/israel\/defense\/artc-israel-prepares-to-taper-off-38b-defense-package-with-us-by-2036-live-blog\" title=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/israel\/defense\/artc-israel-prepares-to-taper-off-38b-defense-package-with-us-by-2036-live-blog\" target=\"\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">rare press conference<\/a> in which he claimed Israeli soldiers were killed during the Gaza war due to ammunition shortages linked to a partial US embargo. The Biden administration has repeatedly said it continues to provide extensive military assistance to Israel while reviewing specific transfers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Netanyahu&#8217;s full statements in Hebrew below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former senior US officials pushed back overnight Tuesday into Wednesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli soldiers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-261450","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}