# US plans $2.8 billion sale of heavy aerial bombs to Israel — newspaper

https://mins.news/en/item/60336

- TASS, 2026-09-16 04:40 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2188147

> The US administration is preparing a roughly $2.8 billion sale of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, The Washington Post reported, citing sources. The package would include 40,000 bombs and 20,000 penetrator warheads, and would be carried out through the Foreign Military Financing mechanism.

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