Congress is notified by the Biden administration of a planned $8 billion weapons sale to Israel

The State Department has informed Congress of a planned $8 billion weapons sale to Israel. U.S. officials say some of the weapons could be sent through current U.S. stocks but the majority of the package would take a year or several years to deliver. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the notification to Congress hasn’t been formally sent. The sale includes medium-range air-to-air missiles to help Israel defend against airborne threats, 155 mm projectile artillery shells for long-range targeting, Hellfire AGM-114 missiles, 500-pound bombs and more. It would add to a record of at least $17.9 billion in military aid that the U.S. has provided Israel since the war began more than a year ago.