The Wall Street Journal reports that the Biden administration is considering more than $1bn in a new weapons deal with Israel which would include “tank ammunition, military vehicles and mortar rounds”.
The proposed transfers would be amongst the largest since Israel invaded Gaza, the newspaper says.
Quoting US officials, the WSJ says “the deals under consideration include transfers of $700 million in 120 mm tank ammunition, $500 million in tactical vehicles and less than $100 million in 120 mm mortar rounds”.
The sales require congressional leaders to sign off and could take months or years to be delivered.
These sales would be the first since Iran’s weekend barrage of drones and missiles on Israel in retaliation for the deadly strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria.
