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Sales? Lol.
The US has "Strategic reserves" of ammunition, weapons, and vehicles in Israel. These are held there in case of a regional conflict the US has to respond to.
Biden is in the process of allowing Israel to access these reserves without limitation, instead of following US and international law about supplying arms. Our tax dollars will now be used to refill these strategic reserves after Israel "accesses" them.
Oh and I'm sure as soon as this blows over we will be fast on our feet to reverse that decision and won't build Israel's arsenal for a decade or more. Nope definitely won't do that.
I think it's important to note that modern supplies have a timeline on them and from what I understand we've provided both isreal and ukraine with supplies on the cusp of or already expired to which we would have had to replace them anyway.
You may not like it, and I don't agree with it, but they are technically saving the taxpayer money because if they didn't do this the items would be taken to a UEX ranch and blown up, costing significantly more for the taxpayer in transport and work than just selling it to the locals and replacing the stock with new.
As a direct point to this, the russians bought north korean artillery shells* and they are killing more russians and their equipment than actually firing towards targets.
*Many of the shells that russia bought from north korea are actually the shells the USSR sold NK before they collapsed. Explosive ordinance and munitions tend to require controlled environments for long term storage or they have an expected low lifetime viability. (especially if affected by humid conditions)