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Trump floats new $1 billion arms sale to Israel, WSJ reports

US President Donald Trump’s administration has asked congressional leaders to approve new transfers of roughly $1bn worth of bombs and other military hardware to Israel, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

The planned weapons sales include 4,700 1,000-pound bombs, worth more than $700m, and armored bulldozers built by Caterpillar CAT.N, worth more than $300m, the report added, citing sources.