- The Trump administration is preparing a $2.8 billion arms deal to supply 40,000 munitions to Israel, including 20,000 heavy 2,000-pound bombs.
- The transaction reverses a prior pause on heavy bomb transfers imposed by the Biden administration over concerns regarding mass civilian casualties in Gaza.
- Most of the deal will be funded through U.S. foreign military financing, enabling Israel to buy weapons directly from American defense contractors.
- The administration has already delivered informal notification of the pending military package to Congress.
- The proposed transfer comes amid ongoing military strikes and a fragile U.S.-brokered ceasefire in a war that has claimed over 73,000 Palestinian lives.
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Trump pushes $2.8bn Israel weapons deal for bombs once halted over Gaza fears