Biden administration plans $8 billion arms sale to Israel
www.euronews.com
The sale 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 other weaponry.

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Published on: 05/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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The US State Department has informed Congress of a planned $8 billion weapons sale to Israel. Some of the arms in the package could be sent through current US stocks but the majority would take a year or several years to deliver. The weapons package would add to a record of at least $17.9 billion (€17.3 billion) in military aid that Washington has provided Israel with since the start of the war in Gaza. Israeli airstrikes killed at least 21 people, including at least two children, in Gaza on Saturday. Hamas released a video showing one of the hostages still being held in Gaza. Israeli soldier and hostage Liri Albag expressed anguish over her situation. Israeli officials believe at least a third of them are dead. The war in the Strip started after a Hamas-led incursion into southern Israel on 7 October 2023. Around 1,200 people killed and 250 others taken as hostages back to Gaza.

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