Report: Trump Transferring $3 Billion Worth of Bombs to Israel, Funded by US Taxpayers

The administration has also notified Congress of a $5 billion sale of bombs to Saudi Arabia.

Image: Palestinians gather around a crater and destroyed buildings at Al-Bureij Camp in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on August 24, 2026. An Israeli airstrike allegedly destroyed a family’s home in the camp, killing a child and injuring several others amid continued strikes across the territory.Ahmed Younis / Middle East Images via AFP

 

Sharon Zhang of Truthout reports: “The Trump administration is preparing to send a U.S. taxpayer-funded, $3 billion package of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, the biggest transfer of such weapons in recent years despite the administration’s supposed commitment to maintaining ceasefire agreements across several of Israel’s war fronts.

The package includes 60,000 bombs, split between MK-84s, BLU-117s, and I-2000 “bunker buster” weapons. The transfer is being done through the Foreign Military Financing mechanism, in which the U.S. gives Israel the money to buy the weapons.

The Washington Post reported on the package on Tuesday, citing a U.S. official, and said that Congress has been “informally notified” of it…”

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