Feb 3 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's

administration has asked congressional leaders to approve new

transfers of roughly $1 billion worth of bombs and other

military hardware to Israel, the Wall Street Journal reported on

Monday.

The planned weapons sales include 4,700 1,000-pound bombs,

worth more than $700 million, and armored bulldozers built by

Caterpillar ( CAT ), worth more than $300 million, the report

added, citing sources.

(Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru)