WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The US State Secretary Marco Rubio said on Saturday that he had signed a statement to accelerate the delivery of around $ 4 billion in military aid to Israel.
The Trump government, which took office on January 20, has approved nearly $ 12 billion in large foreign military sale to Israel, Rubio said in a statement, adding that it will continue to use all available tools to fulfill the long -standing use of America to the safety of Israel, including resources to combat security threats. “
Rubio said he had used the emergency authority to accelerate the supply of military aid to Israel to the middle -eastern ally, now ceases in a fragile -the fires with Hamas militants in their war in Gaza.
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The Pentagon said on Friday that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had approved the potential sale of almost $ 3 billion in bombs, demolition kits and other weapons to Israel.
The administration has informed the congress of that potential arms sale on emergency situations, which means that a long -term practice to give the chairs and members of the Foreign Affairs and the Senate Functions of the Senate the possibility to revise the sale, to revise the sale, circumventing to revise the formele and to provide more information.
Friday's announcements marked the second time in the past weeks that President Donald Trump's government has stated an emergency to quickly approve the sale of weapons to Israel. The Biden administration also used Emergency Authority to approve the sale of weapons to Israel without conference research.
On Monday, the Trump administration withdrew an order from the BIDen era that required the potential violations of international law reporting weapons delivered by the US by allies, including Israel. It has also eliminated most American humanitarian foreign aid.
The Israel-HAMAS-STAKT-Het-Fire Agreement of January 19 stopped 15 months of fighting and freed the way for conversations about the end of the war, while it led to the release of 33 Israeli hostages in Gaza and about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and prisoners in the hands of Israel.
Hours after the first phase of the agreed -the fires would expire, Israel said early on Sunday that it would accept a proposal from Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff, for a temporary ceasefires in Gaza for Ramadan and Passo periods.
Israel and Hamas have accused each other of breaking the ceasefire -the fire, where they have doubted the second phase of the deal that is intended to include releases of extra hostages and prisoners, as well as steps towards a permanent end of the war.
(This story has been corrected to say 33, not 44, Israeli hostages in paragraph 8)
(Reporting by David Brunnstrom; Edit by William Mallard)
