The Biden administration in recent days quietly authorized the transfer of billions of dollars in bombs and fighter jets to Israel despite Washington’s concerns about an anticipated military offensive in southern Gaza that could threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians. The new arms packages include more than 1‚800 MK84 2‚000-pound bombs and 500 MK82 500-pound bombs‚ according to Pentagon and State Department officials familiar with the matter. The 2‚000-pound...