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Trump Uses Emergency Powers to Waive Congress Approval and Fast-Track £525M Bomb Sale to Israel

US President Donald Trump and Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu (Credit: Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian/Wikimedia Commons)

President Donald Trump has invoked emergency powers to bypass Congress and expedite the sale of over £525 million ($650 million) worth of bombs to Israel, according to officials familiar with the deal.

The package includes thousands of BLU‑110A/B and BLU‑111 bombs for Israel during rising tensions in the Middle East. So far, US and Israeli strikes on Iran have killed over 1,300 civilians and six American soldiers.

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