“Wall Street Journal”, referring to American officials to sell, announced that the proposed weapons transfers include 4,700 45-kilogram bombs worth over $ 700 million, along with CATERPILLAR worth more than 300 million dollars.
The report adds that the request will be paid from the annual US military aid assigned to Israel, which is $ 3.3 billion from foreign military funds.
For a large foreign weapon sales, the Congress is required, with the State Department informs key committees before continuing. The Committees of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Senate Commission for Foreign Affairs must approve such transfers before they are finalized.
The State Department did not immediately answer the request anadolu for comment.
The request occurs during the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahua Washington, which will meet with the President Donald Trump in order to discuss breaking fire in Gaza, as well as wider regional tensions.
The new proposal was followed by Biden’s administration, in the last days of his term, “unofficially” informed the Agreement on Weapons with Israel worth eight billion dollars, including ammunition for combat aircraft and artillery grenades.
They are now facing criticism due to the provision of Military Aid to Israel, because more than 47,500 Palestinians, mostly women and children, killed in the Gaza belt from 7. October 2023. year, according to Gaza Health Authorities.
In the midst of the Cancel Fire and Sharing Agreement in Gaza in January 19, Israel strengthened violence in the occupied west coast, where more than 900 Palestinians killed Israeli forces and settlers from last October, according to local authorities.
Several human rights groups, former State Department officials and democratic representatives called on the US government to stop the arms of Israel, stating the violation of American laws, including Leahy law, as well as international laws and human rights. Israel denies these accusations.
Leahy Law, named after the former Senator Patriccu Leahy, requires the US to deny military assistance to foreign military or law enforcement units if there is credible evidence of human rights violations.
The US production weapons were documented in several Israeli attacks on Gaz, which resulted in civilian casualties, although the U.S. authorities refused to confirm that fact.
The State Department report states that “reasonable to assess” that Israel used weapons produced in the USA in ways that are not in line with international humanitarian law.
The report did not come to the final conclusion, stating that there was no “complete information”.
(Vijesti.ba)
