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The Trump administration is preparing to sell Israel 60,000 highly destructive, 2,000-pound bombs as part of a $2.8 billion arms package, funded primarily by U.S. taxpayers through Foreign Military Financing. The package is expected to include 20,000 MK-84s, 20,000 BLU-117s, and 20,000 I-2000 penetrators, which are designed for significant destructive capability against various targets, and this deal follows a long history of U.S. arms sales to Israel. This sale comes after a period of international criticism regarding Israel's military operations and the disproportionate civilian casualties associated with the use of such weaponry.

The Trump administration is preparing to sell Israel a $2.8 billion package of 40,000 bombs, including 20,000 MK-84 general-purpose bombs and 20,000 thermally coated BLU-117s, which mark the largest such sale in recent years. The MK-84 bombs, known for their destructive capability, have been used hundreds of times by Israel in Gaza and Lebanon, often criticized for causing civilian casualties, with one bomb having a destruction radius of half a mile. Amid political tensions regarding military support for Israel, some US lawmakers are voicing opposition to the sale, citing concerns over human rights and the potential misuse of American taxpayer-funded weapons.

The Trump administration plans to deliver 2,000lb bombs to Israel as part of a $2.8 billion arms deal that includes 40,000 bombs, split equally between MK-84s and BLU-117s. Concerns about mass casualties in Gaza led the Biden administration to pause the delivery of these bombs two years prior, but the deal is now set to proceed, with Congress having been informally notified. In the ongoing conflict, over 73,264 Palestinians have been reported killed, following the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel that left around 1,200 dead and 251 hostages taken.