Biden administration planning $680 million arms sale to Israel: Source

The package includes thousands of joint direct attack munition kits (JDAM) and hundreds of small-diameter bombs

Various calibers of small arms munitions are displayed during the Association of the United States Army annual meeting and exposition at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, US, October 14, 2024.

Reuters

Washington: The Biden administration is pushing ahead with a $680 million arms sales package to Israel, a US official familiar with the plan said on Wednesday, even as a US-brokered ceasefire in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah has come into effect.

The package, which was first reported by the Financial Times, includes thousands of joint direct attack munition kits (JDAM) and hundreds of small-diameter bombs, according to the official, speaking on the condition of anonymity.