The U.S. approves $20 billion in arms sales to Israel, including scores of fighter jets and advanced air-to-air missiles, amid heightening tensions.
The U.S. has approved $20 billion in arms sales to Israel, including scores of fighter jets and advanced air-to-air missiles, the State Department announced Tuesday. Congress was notified of the impending sale, which includes more than 50 F-15 fighter jets, Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles, or AMRAAMs, 120-millimeter tank ammunition and high explosive mortars and tactical vehicles. It comes at a time of intense concern that Israel may become involved in a wider Middle East war.
Nearly 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory. Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people and abducted around 250 in the Oct. 7 attack into southern Israel that ignited the war. The Biden administration has had to balance its continued support for Israel with a growing number of calls from lawmakers and the U.S.
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