As Israel’s navy marketing campaign in Gaza intensifies, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has permitted a $147.5 million arms sale to Israel by means of an emergency authority that bypasses the usual congressional overview course of. In a Friday announcement, the State Division stated the proposed sale of 155-mm artillery shells and associated tools is in line with the U.S. dedication to Israel’s safety and efforts to assist it “develop and preserve a robust and prepared self-defense functionality.” UNRWA, the U.N. company for Palestinian refugees, stated Friday that IDF troopers fired on a U.N. support convoy coming back from a supply in northern Gaza, an incident U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths condemned as “illegal.”
