White House Seeks Congressional Approval to Sell Tank Shells to Israel
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FILE - An Israeli Merkava tank is pictured during an exercise in the Israel-controlled Golan Heights, Jan. 11, 2016. The Biden administration wants approval to sell 45,000 shells for the tanks for Israel's offensive against Hamas in Gaza. Smoke billows following an Israeli strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec. 8, 2023 Palestinians check on what's left of a house destroyed in the Israeli bombardment on Rafah, Gaza Strip, Dec. 7, 2023. FILE - The U.S. Embassy is seen from across the Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 3, 2020. A rocket attack at the sprawling U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Dec. 8, 2023, caused minor material damage but no casualties, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.
The Biden administration has asked Congress to approve the sale of 45,000 shells for Israel’s Merkava tanks in the offensive against Hamas in Gaza, according to a current U.S. official and a former U.S. official.
