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A shipment of D9 bulldozers from the United States, released by the American government, has arrived in Israel
(Photo: The Defense Ministry)
The transfer operation was led by the Defense Ministry’s Director General and former IDF Deputy Chief of Staff, Major General (res.) Amir Baram, who traveled to Haifa Port for the unloading.
“The shipment of D9 bulldozers is part of a wide-ranging buildup effort of weaponry and equipment worth billions of shekels, which the U.S. administration released and the Defense Ministry procured and transported to Israel,” he said. “In recent weeks, we have received numerous cargo ships and aircraft. We must continue to strengthen force-building to support all the IDF’s needs in the current campaign and in preparing for the decade ahead.”
The Defense Ministry added that, so far, over 100,000 tons of military equipment have reached Israel via 870 flights and 144 sea shipments. “This is the largest air-and-sea logistics operation in the history of the State of Israel,” an official said.
The most recent transport operation, whose contents will serve the IDF’s ground forces, was carried out by the Defense Ministry’s procurement delegation in the U.S., the IDF Planning Directorate and the unit responsible for international security logistics within the Security Procurement Administration.
