{"id":2080538,"date":"2023-10-26T17:48:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T21:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-says-florida-is-sending-drones-weapons-and-ammunition-to-israel\/"},"modified":"2023-10-26T17:49:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T21:49:35","slug":"desantis-says-florida-is-sending-drones-weapons-and-ammunition-to-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-says-florida-is-sending-drones-weapons-and-ammunition-to-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida is providing Israel with drones, weapons, and ammo, says DeSantis."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-says-florida-is-sending-drones-weapons-and-ammunition-to-israel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2080538&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Florida \u200dGov. Ron DeSantis \u200cattends a press conference at the Museum of Tolerance on April 27, 2023 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ron \u200cDeSantis, the Republican governor \u2063of Florida\u2062 and an anticipated\u200b US presidential candidate, has been visiting\u2063 several \u200ccountries as part of a trade \u2063delegation.  (Photo by Amir Levy\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>2:40 PM \u2013 Thursday, October 26, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Florida Governor\u2063 Ron DeSantis\u2019s\u200b office announced that his administration\u200c will be sending supplies into Israel\u2062 that contain drones, \u200bweapons, and \u200dammunition,\u2062 in light of \u2063the country\u2019s preparation for an incursion\u200d of Gaza in response to Hamas\u2019 attacks. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, \u2064DeSantis (R-Fla.) declared that he \u200dhad arranged to ship the supplies to Israel in order to prepare for an invasion of Gaza \u2064in response to the attacks carried out by the terrorist group, Hamas. <\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Redfern, a spokesperson for the Florida \u2062governor\u2019s office, \u200dannounced that the state has sent cargo planes with healthcare supplies, drones,\u2064 body armor, and helmets\u200b to Israel. <\/p>\n<p>Redfern additionally stated that Florida worked with groups to transport \u200dunspecified numbers of weapons and ammunition. He mentioned that they were \u201cprivately funded\u201d and were not purchased by Florida.<\/p>\n<p>However, Redfern did not specify what types of weapons or the quantity of \u200ddrones and rounds of ammunition that were\u2063 sent\u2063 to the Jewish state. <\/p>\n<p>However, he did say that the \u2063body armor\u200d and helmets were sent\u2063 to Israel due to a\u200d separate request from\u2062 the Israeli Consul General in Miami.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAt the request of the Israeli Consul General in Miami, cargo planes contracted by Florida were \u200bused to transport healthcare and hospital supplies, drones, body armor, and helmets that first responders \u200bcan use,\u201d Redfern said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, Redfern\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-says-florida-is-sending-drones-weapons-and-ammunition-to-israel\/\" title=\"Florida is providing Israel with drones, weapons, and ammo, says DeSantis.\">announcement sparked confusion<\/a> among Maor Elbaz-Starinsky, the Israeli Consul General in Miami. <\/p>\n<p>Elbaz-Starinsky claimed that he did not request drones, body armor, or helmets, and maintained that he did \u200bnot have a conversation with DeSantis about attaining the weapons through \u201cprivate\u201d sources.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cNothing went \u2064through me,\u201d Elbaz-Starinsky told the press. \u201cWe were never in communication on any \u2063shipments of arms or ammunition. The only thing that I have dealt with sending is medical supplies.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis has been a vocal\u200b supporter of Israel\u200b and he has promised\u2063 that Florida will do as much \u2064as possible to help the Jewish State in its efforts against Hamas. <\/p>\n<p>In early October, DeSantis declared an executive order establishing the rescue of Floridians who were in Israel using \u2063chartered flights.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the Florida Governor shared a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, regarding the amount of \u200cAmericans\u2062 that \u200bhave been transported from Israel to Florida in four \u200cdifferent rescue flights. He said that almost 700 Americans were flown from Israel to \u2063Florida.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Florida&#8217;s Israel Rescue Operation has completed four rescue flights bringing nearly 700 Americans home from Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Two cargo planes with 85 pallets of donated supplies have also arrived in Israel.\u2064 <\/p>\n<p>Thanks to all who helped make this happen. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VpnIyv28Fj\">pic.twitter.com\/VpnIyv28Fj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1717316070438993983?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October \u206325, \u20642023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The \u2063Islamic terrorist organization Hamas initially launched its attack on Israel on \u200bOctober \u20637<sup>th<\/sup>, leading to Israel retaliating against the group. Israel\u2063 has since escalated its barrage of rockets into Gaza, \u200das Hamas members are still holding hundreds of Israeli hostages. <\/p>\n<p>Over 1,400 Israelis\u2062 have been murdered in the war, mostly in the initial attack on October 7<sup>th<\/sup>. <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox\u200c for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>New reports suggest the FBI received\u2064 information \u2063from dozens of confidential sources on criminal matters related to\u200d President Biden and his family. \u200c <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A looming shortage of physicians in the U.S. due to a crisis of burnout among doctors has the American Medical Association calling on Congress to take action.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Senate Republicans grill Biden Administration officials on \u200bthe influx of \u200dmigrants coming into the Southern Border. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Customs And Border Patrol are warning that terror \u200dgroups, including Hamas, could pass \u200bthrough the Southern Border. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Malaysia\u2019s communications regulator will \u200bissue a warning\u200c to social media firms TikTok and Meta\u00a0for allegedly blocking pro-Palestinian content on their\u200d platforms.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Lawyers\u200b for \u200dFTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried\u200b kicked off \u2064their case at his fraud trial on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Microsoft is outstripping Alphabet in the race to make \u2064money from generative AI through early bets on OpenAI and focus \u2062on big clients.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Apple increased the subscription prices of Apple TV+ and Apple News+.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u2062rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> Who\u2062 funded the\u200b weapons and ammunition\u200c that were sent \u200cto Israel by the state\u200b of Florida?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Florida\u200b Governor Ron DeSantis&#8217;s office announced that his administration will \u200dbe sending supplies into \u200dIsrael that contain drones, weapons, and ammunition, in light of the country&#8217;s preparation for an incursion\u2063 of Gaza in\u200c response to \u200dHamas&#8217; attacks.<\/p>\n<p>On \u200bThursday, DeSantis (R-Fla.) declared\u2062 that he had arranged to\u200c ship the supplies to Israel in order to \u200dprepare for an invasion\u2062 of Gaza in \u2062response \u200cto the attacks carried out by the terrorist group, Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Redfern, a spokesperson for the Florida governor&#8217;s office, announced that the state has\u2062 sent cargo planes with healthcare supplies, \u2064drones,\u200d body armor, \u2064and helmets to Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Redfern additionally \u200bstated that Florida worked with groups to transport unspecified numbers of\u2064 weapons and ammunition. He \u2064mentioned \u2062that they were &#8220;privately funded&#8221; and were not purchased by\u2063 Florida.<\/p>\n<p>However, Redfern did not specify what types of\u2063 weapons or the quantity of drones\u2062 and rounds of\u2064 ammunition that were sent\u2064 to \u2064the Jewish state.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u200che\u200b did say that \u2063the body armor \u2064and \u200chelmets were\u2063 sent\u200c to Israel due to a separate \u200drequest from the Israeli Consul\u2064 General\u2062 in Miami.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the \u200drequest of the Israeli Consul\u200b General in\u2062 Miami, cargo planes contracted by Florida were used to\u2063 transport \u200bhealthcare and hospital supplies, drones, body\u2064 armor, and helmets\u2063 that \u2063first responders\u2062 can\u200b use,&#8221; Redfern said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>However, Redfern&#8217;s announcement sparked confusion among Maor Elbaz-Starinsky, the Israeli Consul \u2064General in \u2063Miami.<\/p>\n<p>Elbaz-Starinsky claimed that he did not request drones, body armor, \u200bor helmets, and\u2062 maintained\u2063 that he did not\u2063 have a \u2063conversation with\u200b DeSantis \u2062about attaining the weapons through\u2062 &#8220;private&#8221; sources.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nothing went through \u2063me,&#8221; Elbaz-Starinsky\u200d told the press. &#8220;We \u2062were never in communication on any shipments of arms or ammunition. The only \u200bthing that I \u2063have dealt with sending is\u2062 medical supplies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis has been a vocal supporter of Israel and he has \u2062promised that Florida will do\u200d as much as \u200dpossible to help<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a potential US presidential candidate, joins a trade delegation, visiting various nations. Recently, he attended a press conference at Jerusalem&#8217;s Museum of Tolerance on April 27, 2023. OAN&#8217;s Elizabeth Volberding reports at 2:40 PM. 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