Biden approves $735 million arms sale to Israel
Congress was officially notified of the proposed sale on 5 May - almost a week before the current violence began
US President Joe Biden addresses to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, US, April 28, 2021. Melina Mara/Pool via REUTERS
US President Joe Biden has approved a $735 million sale of precision-guided weapons to Israel, the Washington Post has reported.
According to the paper, Congress was officially notified of the proposed sale on 5 May - almost a week before the current violence began.
Some of Biden's fellow Democrats are now criticising the sale, the paper reports.
One Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee told the paper that "allowing this proposed sale of smart bombs to go through without putting pressure on Israel to agree to a ceasefire will only enable further carnage."
