Why Biden is holding back heavy bombs from Israel

The heavy bombs that President Biden has held back from sending to Israel have been a major point of controversy in the Gaza war, as a key tool for Israel’s decimation of the territory.

Biden has paused a shipment of some 3,500 bombs, which includes heavy 2,000-pound versions along with the lighter 500-pound munitions. Both have been used to devastating effect in Gaza, swaths of which have been reduced to rubble. 

Israel says the bombs are critical to taking out Hamas targets...