US State Secretary Marco Rubio said on Saturday that he had signed an announcement to expedite the delivery of about $ 4 billion to Israel in military assistance.
The Trump administration, who took over on January 20, approved Israel to about $ 12 billion in major foreign military sales, Rubio said in a statement, saying that it will continue to “use all available equipment, which will have to meet the long -standing commitment to fulfill the long -standing commitment to the American security of Israel, in which the safety of Israel will have to be fulfilled, the security dangers will have to be fulfilled. Is.
Rubio said he used the Emergency Authority to accelerate the delivery of military aid to Israel, now in a delicate ceasefire, an American -designated terrorist organization with Hamas.
Hamas began a war with his terrorist attack on Israel on October. 7, 2023, to attack, which killed 1,200 in Israel, most of the citizens, and took around 250 hostages. According to Gaza health officials, since then the Israeli military invasive killed more than 48,000 Palestinians, of which more than half of the people and children.
The Pentagon said on Friday that the State Department had approved the potential sales of about $ 3 billion, demolition kit and other weapons to Israel.
The administration informed the Congress about the sale of those potential weapons on an emergency, a long practice of giving the house to foreign affairs and ranking members and the Senate Forbin Relations Committees to review the sale and give a long -term practice to give a formal attention to more information. To Congress.
Friday’s announcements marked the second time in recent weeks that President Donald Trump’s administration has announced an emergency to quickly approve arms sale to Israel. The Biden administration used the Emergency Authority to approve arms sales to Israel without review of the Congress.
On Monday, the Trump administration canceled a Biden-e-Itra, which was supplied by colleagues including Israel to report a possible violation of international law. So it has abolished most American humanitarian foreign aid.
19 January 19 The Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement stopped the 15-month fight and paved the way for the end of the war, while the release of 33 Israeli hostages held in Gaza and about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detailed by Israel.
