Biden administration looking to sell F-15 to Israel

The New York Times reported, citing sources, that the administration of US President Joe Biden wants Congress to approve the sale of F-15 fighter jets to Israel, which is worth 18 billion dollars.

The Biden administration wants Congress to approve a plan to sell F-15 fighter jets to Israel worth 18 billion dollars. Meanwhile, Biden is resisting calls to limit the sale of American weapons to Israel due to the regime’s military attacks in Gaza.

According to this newspaper, the US State Department has recently sent an informal notice to two congressional committees and requested a legal review of the sale of the aircraft. In addition, this deal will include ammunition, fighter jet operation training and other assistance.

At the same time, US sources noted that Israel will receive fighter jets for at least another five years. According to one of these sources, Israeli representatives have said that Tel Aviv will soon contact Washington for a new order of F-35 fighters.

Previously, Politico reported that the United States is considering the possibility of supplying Israel with fighter jets and missiles in the coming years. Tel Aviv can receive up to 50 vehicles, 30 advanced AIM-120 medium-range missiles and parts to convert aerial bombs into high-precision bombs. The possible military attack of the Israeli regime on the Rafah region in the south of the Gaza Strip, which could endanger the lives of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians, the administration of the US President Joe Biden has quietly allocated billions of dollars in military aid to Tel Aviv in recent days, including bombs and He will become a fighter, he has agreed.

According to knowledgeable officials in the Department of Defense (Pentagon) and the US Department of State, the new weapons packages include more than 1,800 2,000-pound bombs known as MK-82 and 500 500-pound bombs.

Previous reports considered the Israeli regime’s use of 2,000-pound bombs as the reason for the massive civilian casualties in Gaza.

Washington Post wrote: The provision of this military aid to Israel shows that, while there is a dispute between the US and Israel over the continuation of the war, the Biden administration will provide military aid to Tel Aviv based on the actions of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Not related.