The State Department has told Congress that it intends to approve $8 billion in purchases of U.S.-made arms by Israel, the department’s office in charge of arms transfers said on Friday. It could be the final set of arms transfers to Israel by President Biden, and represents a marker of continued support from the administration to a longtime ally even as the rising death toll in Israel’s war in Gaza has fueled growing opposition within his party to further weapons sales. The weapons package includes artillery shells, small-diameter bombs, missiles for fighter jets and helicopters, and GPS guidance systems for bombs, according to the informal notification provided to two committees of Congress.
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