Planes have already taken off, said the official, who declined to provide details on the weapons.
The US has already begun delivering critically needed munitions and military equipment to Israel, and the Pentagon is reviewing inventories to see what else can be sent quickly to boost its ally, a senior Defence Department official said.
It is clear the administration is now facing potentially competing requests from Israel and Ukraine for additional weaponry. The USS Gerald R Ford has been ordered to sail to the Eastern Mediterranean to be ready to assist Israel, US officials said In addition to the 11 American citizens whose deaths Mr Biden confirmed, an undetermined number of remain unaccounted for. It was not yet clear if the missing are dead, in hiding, or had been taken hostage.
In the aftermath of the Hamas attack, the White House has asked Senate leaders to fast track confirmation of President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the next ambassador to Israel, former Obama-era Treasury Secretary and White House chief of staff Jack Lew, according to a US official who was not authorised to comment publicly and requested anonymity.
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