Congress is notified by the Biden administration of a planned $8 billion weapons sale to Israel

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Congress is notified by the Biden administration of a planned $8 billion weapons ***** to Israel

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has informed Congress of a planned $8 billion weapons ***** to Israel, U.S. officials say, as the American ally presses forward with its

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Some of the arms in the package could be sent through current U.S. stocks but the majority would take a year or several years to deliver, according to two U.S. officials Saturday who spoke on condition of anonymity because the notification to Congress hasn’t been formally sent.

The ***** includes medium-range air-to-air missiles to help Israel defend against airborne threats, 155 mm projectile artillery shells for long-range targeting, Hellfire AGM-114 missiles, 500-pound bombs and more.

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The weapons package would add to a

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that the U.S. has provided Israel since the ****** attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, launched the war.

The Biden administration has faced criticism over mounting deaths of ************ civilians. There have been demonstrations on college campuses and

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by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and some Democrats to block sales of offensive weapons to Israel.

The United States

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to Israel in May over concerns about civilian casualties if the bombs were to be used during an assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The Biden administration has demanded that Israel increase humanitarian aid into the enclave. But in November, citing some limited progress, it

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as it threatened to do if the situation did not improve.

In recent days, Israel has been

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that have killed dozens of people, adding to the tens of thousands of deaths since the war began more than a year ago.

The Israeli army said Friday that it had struck dozens of ****** gathering points and command centers throughout Gaza. Israel’s military says it only targets militants and blames ****** for civilian deaths because its fighters operate in dense residential areas.

The war has

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and displaced about 90% of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million,

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, and hundreds of thousands are sheltering in tents near the sea.

The informal notice to Congress isn’t the final notification before a *****. Now the leaders of the House Foreign Affairs Committee or the Senate Foreign Relations Committee can review the package.

News of the weapons ***** was first reported by Axios.

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