Trump administration plans nearly $6B in arms sales to Israel: Report

The Trump administration has told Congress it plans to sell nearly $6 billion in weapons to Israel, a fresh surge of support for the U.S. ally as it faces increasing isolation over its war in Gaza .

It includes a $3.8 billion sale for 30 AH-64 Apache helicopters, nearly doubling Israel’s current stocks, and a $1.9 billion sale for 3,200 infantry assault vehicles for the Israeli army, according to a U.S. official and another person familiar with the proposal who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss plans that have not been made public.

The weapons would not be delivered for two to three years or longer.

The huge sales come as U.S. plans to broker an end to the nearly two-year war between Israel and Hamas have stalled and after Israel’s strike on Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar, drew widespread condemnation among U.S. allies in the Middle East.

The U.S. has kept up its support despite growing international pressure on Israel and attempts from a growing number of U.S. Senate Democrats to block the sale of offensive weapons to Israel.

The State Department declined to comment on the sales, which were first reported by The Wall Street Journal.

Israel has launched a new offensive , pressing forward with plans to take over Gaza City, as a professional organization of scholars studying genocide has said Israel is committing genocide in Gaza .

The U.K, which last year said it was suspending exports of some weapons to Israel out of concerns they could be used to violate international humanitarian laws, recently barred Israeli government officials from attending the country’s biggest arms fair.

Turkey also said it was closing its airspace to Israeli government planes and any cargo of arms for the Israeli military, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in a speech condemned Israeli attacks on Gaza as disproportionate.

Trump said Friday that he plans to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Washington next week, with plans to discuss the purchases of Boeing aircraft and a deal for F-16 fighter jets.

The Biden administration paused a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel over concerns about civilian casualties, but Trump lifted that hold when he took office in January.

The Trump administration has already approved about $12 billion in major military assistance to Israel this year. Most recently, the U.S. in June approved a half-billion-dollar arms sale to Israel to resupply its military with bomb guidance kits for precision.

This latest request from the Trump administration was sent to Congress about a month ago.

The amount of the $6 billion package was confirmed by two other people familiar with the matter and granted anonymity to discuss it because the plans were not public.

Congress routinely conducts informal reviews of such arms sales at the committee level, sending the requests back to the State Department for the more formal process.

These sales are part of a 10-year agreement between the U.S. and Israel that is nearing its end.

Price reported from Porto, Portugal. Associated Press writers Aamer Madhani and Lisa Mascaro contributed to this report.

特朗普政府已向国会表示，计划向以色列出售价值近 60 亿美元的武器，这标志着美国盟友以色列因加沙战争而面临日益孤立的局面之际，获得了新的支持。

据一位美国官员和另一位熟悉该提案但不愿透露姓名的人士透露，该提案包括以 38 亿美元的价格向以色列出售 30 架 AH-64 阿帕奇直升机，使以色列目前的库存几乎翻了一番；以及以 19 亿美元的价格向以色列军队出售 3200 辆步兵突击车。这些人士讨论的计划尚未公开。

这些武器至少要两到三年甚至更长时间才能交付。

在美国斡旋结束以色列和哈马斯之间近两年战争的计划陷入停滞，以及以色列对卡塔尔多哈的哈马斯领导人发动袭击后，美国在中东的盟友广泛谴责，而此时却出现了巨额销售额。

尽管国际社会对以色列的压力日益增大，而且越来越多的美国参议院民主党人试图阻止向以色列出售进攻性武器，但美国仍然坚持对以色列的支持。

美国国务院拒绝就此次军售置评，该消息最初由《华尔街日报》报道。

以色列发动了新的攻势，继续推进占领加沙城的计划。与此同时，一个研究种族灭绝问题的专业学者组织表示，以色列正在加沙实施种族灭绝。

英国去年表示，出于担心某些武器可能被用于违反国际人道主义法，暂停向以色列出口这些武器。最近，英国又禁止以色列政府官员参加该国最大的武器展。

土耳其还表示将关闭其领空，禁止以色列政府飞机和任何运往以色列军方的武器货物进入。意大利总理乔治娅·梅洛尼在一次讲话中谴责以色列对加沙的袭击是不成比例的。

特朗普周五表示，他计划下周在华盛顿会见土耳其总统雷杰普·塔伊普·埃尔多安，双方计划讨论购买波音飞机和F-16战斗机的交易。

拜登政府曾因担心造成平民伤亡而暂停向以色列运送 2000 磅炸弹，但特朗普在 1 月份上任后取消了这一禁令。

特朗普政府今年已批准向以色列提供约120亿美元的重大军事援助。最近，美国在6月份批准了一项价值5亿美元的对以色列军售，旨在为其军队补充精确制导炸弹组件。

特朗普政府的这项最新请求大约在一个月前提交给了国会。

另有两名知情人士证实了这笔60亿美元的援助计划金额，由于该计划尚未公开，因此他们要求匿名讨论此事。

国会通常会在委员会层面对这些军售进行非正式审查，并将请求送回国务院进行更正式的程序。

这些军售是美国和以色列之间一项为期 10 年的协议的一部分，该协议即将到期。

普莱斯从葡萄牙波尔图报道。美联社记者阿默·马德哈尼和丽莎·马斯卡罗对本报道亦有贡献。