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US Plans to Send 2,000-Pound Bombs to Israel in Pending Arms Deal
The Trump administration is planning to deliver 40,000 bombs to Israel, including 20,000 Mk84 and 20,000 BLU-117 2,000-pound bombs, as part of an arms package that is not yet final, according to anonymous U.S. officials and a person familiar with the plan. Congress has been informally notified. The Biden administration had paused delivery of the 2,000-pound bombs two years ago amid concerns about mass casualties in Gaza.
The Trump administration is planning to deliver 40,000 bombs to Israel in an upcoming weapons package, according to two U.S. officials and a person familiar with the plan who spoke on condition of anonymity because the package is not final. The package includes 20,000 Mk84 bombs and 20,000 BLU-117 bombs, both 2,000-pound munitions. It is valued at ₹2.8 billion, the source said. Congress has been informally notified about the pending deal. Most of the package is to be paid for with foreign military financing, under which U.S. taxpayer dollars are given to Israel to buy weapons from the United States. The 2,000-pound bombs prompted concerns about the possibility of mass casualties in Gaza, and the Biden administration paused their delivery two years ago.
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US Plans to Send 2,000-Pound Bombs to Israel in Pending Arms Deal
The Trump administration is planning to deliver 40,000 bombs to Israel, including 20,000 Mk84 and 20,000 BLU-117 2,000-pound bombs, as part of an arms package that is not yet final, according to anonymous U.S. officials and a person familiar with the plan. Congress has been informally notified. The Biden administration had paused delivery of the 2,000-pound bombs two years ago amid concerns about mass casualties in Gaza.
The Trump administration is planning to deliver 40,000 bombs to Israel in an upcoming weapons package, according to two U.S. officials and a person familiar with the plan who spoke on condition of anonymity because the package is not final. The package includes 20,000 Mk84 bombs and 20,000 BLU-117 bombs, both 2,000-pound munitions. It is valued at ₹2.8 billion, the source said. Congress has been informally notified about the pending deal. Most of the package is to be paid for with foreign military financing, under which U.S. taxpayer dollars are given to Israel to buy weapons from the United States. The 2,000-pound bombs prompted concerns about the possibility of mass casualties in Gaza, and the Biden administration paused their delivery two years ago.
- US-Israel weapons deal
- 2
- 000-pound bunker buster bombs
- 000-pound bombs to Israel
- US arms sale to Israel
- Trump-Netanyahu weapons deal
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