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The Biden administration has put a hold on a shipment of U.S.-manufactured ammunition to Israel for the first time since the deadly Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack, according to a report.

Two Israeli officials told Axios that the weapons shipment was stopped last week, leaving officials within the Israeli government scrambling to understand why.

When asked about the report, a spokesperson for the White House National Security Council told Fox News Digital that it has supported Israel's defense since the Oct. 7 attack.  

Biggest floods in Houston since Harvey August 2017 (at time Trump advisor Jared Kushner was traveling the Middle East gaining support for 2 state plan) and Tropical Storm Allison in June 2001 (at time CIA Director Geoge Tenet was in cease fire talks in Israel).  

AccuWeather meteorologists continue to warn of a looming significant severe weather and tornado outbreak for portions of the Plains and Midwest spanning Monday and Tuesday.

The relentless pattern that has produced over 1,000 incidents of severe weather and well over 100 confirmed tornadoes since April 25, mostly in the central United States, will continue well into next week.

Following a chaotic swarm of twisting storms in its final week, April’s tornado count in the United States climbed to at least 300, the second-highest in the month on record.

Although April is often a busy time for tornadoes, the 300-plus twisters this year dwarfed the average of 182 and trails only the unbelievable total of 757 in April 2011 in modern records, according to a preliminary analysis by the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center.

Representatives from Hamas, Egypt, Qatar, and the United States met in Cairoon Saturday for talks on a possible hostage deal, while Israel delayed sending a delegation until the terror group gave a response to the latest proposal on the table. 

Heavy showers and thunderstorms continued to pour rain into East TexasFriday, adding more water to swollen rivers that have prompted mandatory evacuations as water levels rise in some towns to levels rivaling Hurricane Harvey's devastating floods of 2017.

And as bad as the flooding was early Friday, officials stress the worst is yet to come for many in the hardest hit regions as a surge of water works its way downriver and rain continues to fall.

Some 24-hour rainfall totals exceeded 7 inches in the region, with storm totals over the past few days surpassing 12 inches. Rain gauges along Lake Livingston have recorded from 17-20 inches just since Sunday. 

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli leaders on Wednesday as part of his Middle East tour to Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, his seventh trip to the Jewish state since the current Hamas war broke out on Oct. 7.

Blinken met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, where they “discussed ongoing efforts to reach an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as part of a hostage deal and emphasized that it is Hamas that is standing in the way of a ceasefire,” according to an official statement from the U.S. State Department.

“Secretary Blinken reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to Israel’s security,” the statement continued. “He also discussed the need to avoid further expansion of the conflict and updated the prime minister on ongoing efforts to ensure a lasting, sustainable peace in the region.”