By Yonah Jeremy Bob, reposted from Jerusalem Post, April 30, 2026
The United States recently shipped 6,500 tons of munitions and materiel to Israel within 24 hours, using two large sea vessels and multiple cargo aircraft, the Defense Ministry reported Thursday.
In a large-scale global logistics operation, the two cargo ships docked at the ports of Ashdod and Haifa, carrying thousands of air and ground munitions, military trucks, Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs), and additional military equipment, it said.
The operation was led by the ministry’s Defense Procurement Directorate in coordination with its International Shipping Division, its mission to the US, and the IDF Planning Directorate.
The equipment was loaded onto hundreds of trucks from the ministry’s Logistics and Assets Department and the IDF Technological and Logistics Directorate. It was then transferred to IDF bases throughout the country in an operation at the Port of Ashdod overseen by Defense Ministry Director-General Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amir Baram.
115,600 tons of military items received since start of Iran war
The air and sea bridge remains the “central tool for building readiness as the security situation continues to develop,” the Defense Ministry said. “Since the launch of Operation Roaring Lion, Israel has received more than 115,600 tons of military equipment in 403 airlifts and 10 sealifts.”
Defense Minister Israel Katz said Israel “stands ready at every moment to act against its enemies, on every front, and wherever necessary. This expanding air and sea bridge directly strengthens the IDF’s capabilities and operational superiority.”
Baram said: “At any given moment, cargo aircraft and ships are en route to Israel, carrying thousands of tons of munitions and military equipment. This is core to the ministry’s strategy: supporting every IDF need, both through massive near-term procurement and by building readiness for a demanding security decade ahead. The impressive procurement and shipping operation we have completed will continue to expand in the weeks ahead.”
Yonah Jeremy Bob is The Jerusalem Post ‘s senior military correspondent and intelligence analyst and was previously Literary Editor for 4.5 years.
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