US State Dept okays potential sale of munitions to Israel for estimated $2.7 billion

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of munitions, guidance kits, and munitions support to Israel in two packages worth an estimated $2.7 billion, the Pentagon said in a statement on Friday.

The principal contractors for one package be Repkon USA and Boeing Co, while the prime contractors for the second package includes General Dynamics, the Pentagon said.

(Reporting by Mike Stone; Writing by Ryan Patrick Jones; Editing by Ismail Shakil)