The United States has announced the approval of the sale of more than $7.4bn in bombs, missiles and related equipment to Israel, which has used American-made weapons to devastating effect during the war in Gaza.

The state department has signed off on the sale of $6.75bn in bombs, guidance kits and fuses, in addition to $660m in Hellfire missiles, according to the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA).

The proposed sale of the bombs “improves Israel’s capability to meet current and future threats, strengthen its homeland defense, and serves as a deterrent to regional threats”, the DSCA said in a statement.

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    20 hours ago

    Where are all the fascists that are crying about less government and keeping our money in the US and only for the US?

    Wasn’t that the whole argument of dismantling USAID?

    Answer: Republicans are full of shit and so are Musk, Donald, Vance and all the rest.

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      19 hours ago

      Where are all the fascists that are crying about less government and keeping our money in the US and only for the US?

      They label it a sale and it’s suddenly OK. They ALSO send a lot of aid, but that’s only a bad thing when a democrat is in charge. Now that republicans are in charge, Israel is part of the US as far as aid and such is concerned.