President Donald Trump said the United States will end the bulk of its roughly $4 billion in annual military aid to Israel at the end of the year under an agreement he said was reached months ago with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The statement supersedes an earlier timetable that had set the cutoff for 2027, while leaving open continued U.S. weapons sales paid for by Israel through cash or technology exchanges. Trump said the aid was no longer necessary because Israel was a successful, thriving country and framed the announcement partly as an effort to remove a political argument used by the Democratic Party's left wing. The decision comes as congressional support for new aid has become more difficult and as American backing for Israel has eroded amid the Gaza war. The existing 2018 agreement provides Israel with $3.8 billion in annual military aid through 2028. The United States authorized a $4 billion military-aid package in March 2025 and began talks with Israel in May on a replacement agreement. Studies have estimated that Washington provided at least $21.7 billion in military assistance to Israel after the Gaza war began in 2023, alongside about $10 billion in additional security aid and regional operations over the following two years. A shift from aid packages to conventional military sales or a trade and technology arrangement could reduce, but would not eliminate, congressional oversight. Netanyahu's office had not immediately commented, and the issue is likely to arise as Netanyahu works to form a government after an inconclusive election in Israel.