SALE SENDS WRONG MESSAGE: Democrats in Congress say they were blindsided by the Biden administration’s approval earlier this month of the sale of $735 million in satellite-guided bombs to Israel, arguing the timing couldn’t be worse as Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza trade fire and the casualty count mounts.

At least 212 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes since May 10, including 61 children and 36 women, according to the Associated Press. On the Israeli side, 10 people, including a 5-year-old boy, have been killed in the Hamas rocket attacks.