US sending $20 billion weapon package to Israel amid growing concerns over war

The State Department announced a $20 billion weapon shipment to Israel as concerns mount over the expansion of the war in Gaza into a wider regional war.

The military package is one of the largest sent to Israel since the beginning of the war in Gaza, which began after Hamas’s brutal massacre on Oct. 7. The Biden administration had previously said it would hold up some weapons shipments over humanitarian concerns about their use in civilian-populated areas in Gaza. The looming threat of an expansion of the war against the far more capable foes of Hezbollah and Iran has largely done away with these concerns.