Trump administration plans $2.8bn sale of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel
- Trump administration’s plan to ship a $2.8bn bomb sale to Israel sparks criticism over mass targeting of civilians in the region.
- The Trump administration is preparing to sell Israel a $2.8bn package of 907kg (2,000-pound) bombs, the largest single sale of the munition in recent years, according to reports by the Washington Post and the AFP news agency.
- The package, funded through Foreign Military Financing – a mechanism in which Washington provides the money Israel then uses to buy US weapons – includes 40,000 bombs: 20,000 MK-84 general-purpose bombs and 20,000 BLU-117s, a thermally coated var
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- Trump administration’s plan to ship a $2.8bn bomb sale to Israel sparks criticism over mass targeting of civilians in the region.
- The Trump administration is preparing to sell Israel a $2.8bn package of 907kg (2,000-pound) bombs, the largest single sale of the munition in recent years, according to reports by the Washington Post and the AFP news agency.
- The package, funded through Foreign Military Financing – a mechanism in which Washington provides the money Israel then uses to buy US weapons – includes 40,000 bombs: 20,000 MK-84 general-purpose bombs and 20,000 BLU-117s, a thermally coated var
Sources: Al Jazeera