Senate Dems' bid to block $675 million Israeli arms deal fails
- The resolutions would have blocked the U.S. sale of about 5,000 bombs and related guidance equipment, along with tens of thousands of assault rifles to Israel.
...but a growing number of Democrats supported the embargo.
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...every Senate Republican voting to kill the resolutions and still a majority of Democrats joining them.
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- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) voted against the resolutions.
- In total, over half of Schumer's caucus supported the measures to restrict offensive arms sales to Israel.
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Dozens killed seeking food in Gaza, hospital says, as US envoy arrives in Israel
More than 50 Palestinians were killed and 400 others injured while waiting for food near a crossing in northern Gaza on Wednesday, a hospital says, as US special envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Israel.
Footage showed casualties from the incident near the Zikim crossing being taken on carts to al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City.
Gaza's Hamas-run Civil Defence agency said Israeli forces fired at the crowds gathered around aid lorries. The Israeli military said troops fired "warning shots" but that it was "not aware of any casualties".
