Media: U.S. to send Israel a record shipment of 900-kilogram aerial bombs

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump expects to sell Israel a batch of heavy aerial bombs worth a total of about $2.8 billion.

This was reported on September 15 by The Washington Post (WP), citing sources.

As the newspaper writes, "the Trump administration is preparing a multibillion-dollar deal to sell Israel 2,000-pound (about 907 kg) bombs, which could become the largest in recent years." According to WP's sources, the deal involves the sale of 20,000 MK-84 aerial bombs, 20,000 BLU-117 bombs and the same number of BLU-109 penetrating bombs, also known as I-2000.

The publication explains that the deal is planned to be carried out using the Foreign Military Financing mechanism, which provides foreign states with grants and loans for purchases of American weapons. The amount of the deal, according to the newspaper's sources, could total around $2.8 billion.

After his inauguration as the 47th president of the United States in January 2025, Trump lifted the ban on transferring 2,000-pound aerial bombs to Israel that had been imposed by the previous administration of Joe Biden. Trump specified that the bombs "had long been in storage," and that the Israeli side had paid for them and had long been awaiting delivery.

The Biden administration feared that the use of these weapons in the Gaza Strip could lead to significant casualties among the civilian population.