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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    15 hours ago

    The US does not need their 2.000 pound bombs battle tested on refugee camps. Especially when Ukraine could have used those weapons.

    The Houthi blockade was directly related to Israel. The Houthis started blocking ships of every country complicit in the genocide.

    Say do you think Israel is committing genocide by the way?