The U.S. is preparing a new weapons package that includes new attack munitions for Israel.

The U.S. administration is reportedly preparing to approve a new $680 million arms sale to Israel at a time when the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire agreement has just begun.

According to a report by the Financial Times based on Congressional sources, the Joe Biden administration is in the final stages of a new arms sale to Tel Aviv.

ATTACK MUNITIONS CAUGHT ATTENTION

The report stated that U.S. officials recently informed Congress informally that approval would be given for the shipment of thousands of Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs) kits to Israel.

The report noted that an official notification regarding the sale to Congress would be made soon, and it also mentioned that the U.S. would provide Israel with hundreds of small-caliber bombs.

WEAPONS CONDITION FOR CEASEFIRE

The report claimed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu viewed this arms approval as a "condition for the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire" and that Israel signed the agreement after Biden greenlit the arms sale.

U.S. officials, however, argued that there is no direct connection between the arms sale process and the ceasefire agreement.

This latest arms sale to Israel will be in addition to a previous approval for arms sales totaling $20 billion.

ENORMOUS ARMS SALE FROM THE U.S.

In August, five separate packages of arms sales to Israel were approved, including fighter jets, air-to-air missiles, tank and artillery munitions, and tactical vehicles.

The largest share of the total sales, valued at $18.9 billion, consists of 50 F-15IA fighter jets and 25 F-15I fighter jet modernization kits along with their related munitions.

Additionally, 30 medium-range air-to-air missile systems (AMRAAM) and over 32,000 tank shells and other related equipment were included in the other packages. Furthermore, a separate package was approved for the sale of over 50,000 artillery shells and related equipment.

The total sales package, valued at $20.3 billion, was approved during a time when the ceasefire process in Gaza remains uncertain and tensions in the region are rising.

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders introduced three separate bills to block these arms sales in the Senate last week, but the bills were not accepted.