The Trump government is calling for Congress’s approval to sell weapons of almost $ 6 billion in Israel, despite a recent attack by Tel Aviv against Hamas in Qatar and the growing operation in Gaza, which has caused a strong conviction in Europe and the region.

Proposed sales include an agreement of $ 3.8 billion for 30 Apache AH-64 helicopters, which will almost double the existing Israeli aircraft fleet. The government is also seeking approval of an agreement of $ 1.9 billion for 3,250 infantry battle vehicles for the Israeli army, according to documents examined by the Wall Street Journal.

Weapons will probably not be delivered within two to three years, according to the report.

According to documents cited by WSJ, the equipment will be paid through US military aid funding abroad. The same report notes that Israel buys most US weapons using money from US taxpayers who come from billions of dollars of annual military aid.

At this stage, the State Department seeks to approve the four top Republican and Democratic leaders of the House of Foreign Affairs and the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee, according to sources citing the report. The heads of the two committees usually have to approve the large arrangements for equipment before the government officially informs Congress and the public.

The proposed arms sales agreement was first forwarded to Congress leaders about a month ago, that is, before the September 9th Israeli strike against Hamas leaders in Qatar, a bay ally hosting the largest US military.

The government continued to seek sales approval even after the Israeli attack, these people said.

Israel’s attack on Hamas in the capital of Qatar caused the condemnation of America’s other regional partners as an attack on a sovereign state and angered President Trump.

In an attempt to limit the reactions, Donald Trump gave a dinner to the Qatar prime minister, assuring him that the country would not re -attack. Foreign Minister Marco Rubio went to Qatar after a visit to Israel, where at a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the latter stressed Israel’s right to hit Hamas’ leaders wherever they were.