Biden Advances $680M Arms Deal to Israel Amid Cease-fire with Hezbollah

The sale includes thousands of Joint Direct Attack Munition kits (JDAMs) and hundreds of small-diameter bombs. This comes just a day after a US-brokered cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon took effect. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently emphasized the importance of replenishing weapons stockpiles as part of the cease-fire rationale. “It is no secret that there have been big delays in weapons and munitions deliveries. These delays will be resolved soon,” Netanyahu said Tuesday night (Read more at Media Line).