Biden admin authorizes billions of dollars in bombs, warplanes for Israel: report
Concerns over civilian casualties and impending military operation in southern Gaza has caused a rift between the U.S. and Israel
By Louis Casiano Fox News
Published March 29, 2024 5:51pm EDT | Updated March 29, 2024 6:43pm EDT
The Biden administration has authorized the transfer of billions of dollars in bombs and fighter jets to Israel despite concerns from Washington about a probable military operation in southern Gaza.
The weapons package includes more than 1,800 MK84 2,000-pound bombs and 500 MK82 500-pound bombs, Pentagon and State Department officials familiar with the matter told The Washington Post.
A State Department official told Fox News Digital that "fulfilling an authorization from one notification to Congress can result in dozens of individual Foreign Military Sales cases across the decades-long life-cycle of the congressional notification."
"As a matter of practicality, major procurements, like Israel’s F-35 program for example, are often broken out into several cases over many years," the official added.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House and the Pentagon.
Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Thursday that Israel hasn't received all the military arms it has requested as its fight with Hamas intensifies.
"Although we've been supporting them with capability, they've not received everything they've asked for," he said. "Some of that is because they've asked for stuff that we either don't have the capacity to provide or not willing to provide, not right now."
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