President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States would stop providing roughly $4 billion a year in aid to Israel after 2026 while continuing arms sales. [S1][S4]
Verification result: verified, because multiple distinct news organizations directly report that Trump made the announcement. [S1][S2][S3]
Trump characterized the cutoff as an earlier agreement with Benjamin Netanyahu, while The Guardian reported that Trump said Netanyahu proposed ending the aid. [S1][S3]
The reports differ in specificity: The Guardian calls it military aid, while Al Jazeera says the form of aid was not immediately clear. [S3][S5]
The New York Times reports that the current aid memorandum runs through 2028, while Al Jazeera notes that Congress appropriated the money and says Trump cannot end the aid unilaterally. [S1][S5]
Netanyahu's office had not confirmed the move at publication, leaving execution on Trump's stated timetable unconfirmed in the supplied reporting. [S1][S5]
