The State Department notified lawmakers on Thursday night that the Biden administration intended to release the billions of dollars worth of foreign military financing to Israel, one of the sources said.
The money comes from the $14.1 billion supplemental funding bill for Israel that was passed by Congress in April, the sources said.
The funding in question is essentially money Israel can use to buy advanced weapons systems and other equipment from the US through the Foreign Military Financing program.
Sources told CNN it is not unusual for it to take time for money to be released from these packages. But the funding was released this week as Israel and the broader region have been bracing for an attack by Iran and/or Hezbollah following the eliminations of senior Hamas and Hezbollah leaders in Tehran and Beirut earlier this month.
Israel won’t receive $3.5 billion worth of US-made weapons immediately. Instead, the funding is so Israel can procure systems that are being built now and likely won’t be delivered for several years. Israel National News - Arutz Sheva
