The United States in latest days approved the switch of billions of {dollars} price of bombs and fighter jets to Israel even because it publicly expresses issues about an anticipated navy offensive in Rafah, the Washington Post reported on Friday.

The new arms packages embody greater than 1,800 MK84 2,000-pound bombs and 500 MK82 500-pound bombs, the newspaper mentioned, citing Pentagon and State Department officers aware of the matter.

Washington provides $3.8 billion in annual navy help to Israel, its longtime ally. The United States has been dashing air defenses and munitions to Israel, however some Democrats and Arab American teams have criticized the Biden administration’s steadfast assist of Israel, which they are saying supplies it with a way of impunity.