Washington, March 1 (LaPresse) – The Trump administration has approved a nearly 3 billion dollar arms sale to Israel, bypassing the normal Congressional review process to provide the country with additional 900 kg bombs that have been used in the war against Hamas in Gaza. In a series of notifications sent to Congress late Friday evening, the State Department announced it had authorized the sale of over 35,500 MK 84 and BLU-117 bombs and 4,000 Predator warheads, worth 2.04 billion dollars. Secretary of State Marco Rubio "has established and provided a detailed justification that there is an emergency requiring the immediate sale of these defense articles and services to the Government of Israel in the interest of U.S. national security, thus waiving Congressional review requirements," the department said. Deliveries are expected to begin next year. Using the same justification, the department also mentioned that Rubio had approved another sale of munitions to Israel, valued at 675.7 million dollars, to be delivered starting in 2028. Additionally, it stated that Rubio had approved the emergency sale of Caterpillar D9R and D9T bulldozers worth 295 million dollars.