The US halts foreign aid for most countries, including Ukraine, while sparing Israel and Turkey. The directive affects military, development aid, and global health programs like PEPFAR.

In a major blow to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's war efforts in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, the Trump administration has halted all US aid to foreign nations, including Ukraine, with Israel and Egypt being the only exceptions.

Israeli troops seized almost 100,000 Russian, Chinese and Iranian weapons in its successful campaigns in Lebanon and Gaza. Now they may be given to Ukraine as payback for Russia's new strategic alliance with Iran.

The Ukrainian ambassador in Israel, Yevhen Korniychuk, met with Sharren Haskel, who serves as Israel's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. Her proposal involves supplying Ukraine with Russian weaponry seized by the IDF from the stockpiles of Hamas and Hezbollah.

The State Department on Friday reportedly issued guidance that it is freezing almost all U.S. foreign assistance — with exceptions for emergency food aid and foreign military financing for two U.S. allies, Israel and Egypt — according to a cable obtained by multiple outlets.

Donald Trump’s administration issued a 90-day pause on all foreign aid, with exceptions for Israel and Egypt, according to a new State Department memo Friday.

Hamas will release more Israeli hostages this week, officials said Monday, including Agam Berger, who was not released along with four of her colleagues on Saturday.

Russia’s aggression in Ukraine has been a splitting point between Trump and the more hawkish Republican Senate conference. Last year, Trump blew up a deal to swap additional provisions for border security in exchange for aid to Israel and Ukraine. Aid to Ukraine ultimately passed without additional border security spending.

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, voiced her support on Friday for the recent halt in foreign aid seemingly impacting Ukraine. Newsweek has reached out to Greene and the White House via email for comment.

U.S. military equipment sales to foreign governments in 2024 surged 29% to a record $318.7 billion, the State Department said on Friday, as countries sought to replenish stocks sent to Ukraine and prepare for major conflicts.

Israeli forces killed 22 people and wounded 124 others Sunday when displaced residents of southern Lebanon defied Israel's decision not to withdraw from border villages and tried to return home.