Ammon News - The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of nearly $3 billion worth of bombs, demolition kits and other weaponry to Israel, the Pentagon said in statements on Friday.

The prospective weapons sales were notified to Congress on Friday afternoon on an emergency basis.

That process sidesteps a long-standing practice of giving the chairs and ranking members of the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations Committees the opportunity to review the sale and ask for more information before making a formal notification to Congress.

While the Pentagon said that deliveries would begin in 2026, it also said "there is a possibility that a portion of this procurement will come from U.S. stock" which could mean immediate delivery for some of the weapons.

A second package, valued at $675 million. Delivery for this package was estimated to be in 2028.

A third notification consisted of $295 million worth of Caterpillar D9 bulldozers.

Friday's announcements marked the second time this month the Trump administration has declared an emergency to quickly approve weapons sales to Israel. The Biden administration also utilized emergency authorities to approve the sale of arms to Israel without congressional review. Reuters