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The US State Department has announced the approval of the sale of more than $7.4 billion in weapons to Israel, which has used lethal American weapons in its genocidal war on Gaza.
The State Department informed the Congress on Friday that it has approved the sale of $6.75 billion in bombs, guidance kits and fuses, in addition to $660 million in Hellfire missiles to the occupying regime.
“The United States is committed to the security of Israel, and it is vital to US national interests to assist Israel ...,” the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said in a statement.
The arms sale is President Donald Trump’s latest effort to bolster Israel’s weapons stocks. Soon after he took office, he lifted the hold on sending 2,000-pound bombs to Israel.
According to the State Department, two separate sales were sent to Congress on Friday. One is for $6.75 billion in an array of munitions, guidance kits and other related equipment.
It includes 166 small-diameter bombs, 2,800 500-pound bombs, and thousands of guidance kits, fuses and other bomb components and support equipment. Those deliveries would begin this year.
The other arms package is for 3,000 Hellfire missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $660 million...
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