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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00:00The U.S. State Department has informed Congress of a planned $8 billion weapons sale to Israel
00:07as the war against Hamas in Gaza continues. The weapons package would add to a record
00:12of $17 billion in military aid that Washington has provided Israel since the start of the
00:18conflict in October 2023. But the Biden administration has faced criticism over the mounting Palestinian
00:25civilian death toll. On Saturday, Gaza's health ministry said at least 59 people had
00:31been killed and more than 270 others wounded in Israeli airstrikes in the past 24 hours.
00:37The war started after a Hamas incursion into Israel on 7 October 2023, which saw 1,200
00:44people killed and 250 others taken hostage. The health ministry says more than 45,500
00:52civilians have been killed, but officials don't distinguish between combatants and civilians
00:56in the tally.