According to the report, the administration sent formal notification on October 31 to congressional leaders of the planned transfer of Spice Family Gliding Bomb Assemblies, a type of precision guided weapon fired by warplanes.
The plan also includes the provision of support, assembly, testing and other technology related to the weapons use, according to The Wall Street Journal. It follows a $402 million transfer of the same weapons that the administration first sought congressional approval for in 2020.
The planned weapons deal comes as Israel’s ground operation in Gaza continues. The US has been pushing for so-called “humanitarian pauses” in the fighting in order to facilitate the transferring of humanitarian aid into Gaza and to allow for the possibility of securing the release of hostages.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who visited Israel on Friday, pushed for such “humanitarian pauses”.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later made clear that Israel will not agree to a ceasefire in Gaza without the release of the hostages being held by Hamas.
