The US has frozen the delivery of 130 bulldozers to Israel amid home demolitions in the Gaza Strip, according to a report by the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, Al Jazeera reports.

The Israeli Defence Ministry had signed a contract to buy D9 bulldozers, a type of heavy-duty construction equipment produced by Caterpillar, the daily reported.

According to the paper, the bulldozers were primarily intended for flattening structures in the Gaza Strip, which had led to significant internal criticism in the US, leading to intense pressure on President Joe Biden’s administration, resulting in a freeze on the deliveries.

Several existing D9 bulldozers currently employed by the Israeli army in Gaza need maintenance, the report said.