US to ship heavy bombs to Israel in $2.8B arms package
TL;DR
The Trump administration is informally notifying Congress about a $2.8 billion arms sale to Israel that would deliver 40,000 2,000-pound bombs (20,000 Mk84s and 20,000 BLU-117s), funded largely through foreign military financing. The deal, not yet final, underscores ongoing US support for Israel’s military capacity amid the Gaza conflict and follows past pauses and shifts in shipments.
Topics:worldpolitics#arms-sale#foreign-military-financing#gaza-conflict#military-aid#politics#us-israel-relations
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