The State Department has informed Congress of a planned $8 billion weapons sale to Israel. WASHINGTON — The State Department has informed Congress of a planned $8 billion weapons sale to Israel, U.S. officials say, as the American ally presses forward with its war against Hamas in Gaza.

The US State Department is planning to sell $8 billion in arms to Israel, marking what will likely be the Biden administration’s last weapons sale to its ally.

The announcement of the sale comes just weeks after Congress failed to block Biden’s proposed $20B weapons transfer.