An Israeli air force F-15 war plane flies near the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, Israel, in June 2023. Tsafrir Abayov/APThe Biden administration is close to approving the sale of as many as 50 American-made F-15 fighter jets to Israel, in a deal expected to be worth more than $18 billion, according to three people familiar with the matter.The transaction, which would amount to the largest US foreign military sale to Israel since the country went to war with Hamas on October 7, comes as the administration is also expected to notify Congress soon of a large new sale of…