Trump’s planned $2.8B bomb sale to Israel said to be largest in years

[Military Operation at sunrise] guvendemir/E+ via Getty Images * The US is said to be preparing to provide Israel thousands of bombs that are among the most destructive in its arsenal, the largest single transfer of such weapons in years. * The potential arms transfer is worth as much as $2.8B, _The Washington Post_ reported. The proposed sale is just the latest in a series of Trump administration steps to improve Israel's military capacity. * The package includes as many as 20,000 MK-84s and 20,000 BLU-117s, as well as up to 20,000 I-2000 Penetrator warheads. The weapons are extremely lethal.