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US considering major arms sale for Israel |
The Biden administration is mulling a major new arms sale to Israel amid calls to stop sending weapons to the ally as civilian casualties in Gaza mount. |
The U.S. government is considering selling Israel up to 50 new F-15 fighter jets, 30 AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles, as well as Joint Direct Attack Munition kits, equipment that can alter dumb bombs into precision-guided weapons, Politico first reported. A House Foreign Affairs Committee aide later confirmed to The Hill that the administration informally notified the relevant congressional panels of the sale. The aide confirmed that "the chairman approved the transaction to proceed to formal congressional notification." The sale, which is still pending U.S. government approval, comes as there are growing calls for President Biden to withhold arms for Israel if it won't take actions to limit civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip. A brutal air and ground campaign launched by the Israeli military against Hamas militants in the enclave since October has already killed more than 31,000 Palestinians, the majority women and children. Many, including those within Biden's own party, have also argued that the commander-in-chief should refuse to give Israel weapons should it launch a large-scale invasion into Gaza's southern city Rafah. More than 1 million Palestinian civilians are sheltering there after being driven from northern parts of the territory due to fighting. American officials have warned against a ground invasion of the city without an accepted plan to move civilians from harm's way. Read the full report at TheHill.com. |
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ISIS-K, the Central Asian offshoot of the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group that carried out the deadly Moscow concert hall attack last month, badly wants to target the United States, two former U.S. Central Command leaders are warning. Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, former CENTCOM head, said Sunday that the group has a "strong desire" to attack the U.S. and Biden administration officials should "believe them when they say that." … |
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| A senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed on Monday in an alleged Israeli strike on the Iranian Embassy in Syria’s capital city of Damascus. Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander of the IRGC’s Quds Force in Syria and Lebanon, was among those killed in the strike, according to Reuters and Iranian media. Iranian media reported Monday that an Israeli missile strike flattened … |
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A former Defense Department investigator told CBS News’s “60 Minutes” that he believes Russia is behind the mysterious attacks on U.S. personnel across the world known as “Havana syndrome.” Greg Edgreen, a retired Army colonel, told the network there was consistently a “Russia nexus” during his time running the investigation into Havana syndrome, including from a very early period of … |
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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will speak to reporters at 6 a.m. Wednesday at the start of a meeting of foreign ministers at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, followed by remarks from Stoltenberg and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at 7:30 a.m.
Israel will send a delegation to Washington this week to discuss the war in Gaza, including concerns of a ground operation in Rafah.
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Suspect apprehended after allegedly ramming gate of FBI Atlanta office |
Authorities say a man was arrested Monday after he attempted to storm the FBI office in Atlanta, ramming his vehicle into the building's gates. The man, who was not affiliated with the FBI and has not been identified, allegedly drove to the facility tailing an employee, attempting to bypass security … |
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