US moves to send $8 billion in arms to Israel

The US state department has given Congress formal notification that it plans to move forward with sales of over $8 billion in

weapons to Israel

, bypassing an informal review process that was ongoing in one House committee.
The move took place just two days after President Trump met with

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu

and said the US would "take over" the devastated Gaza Strip and turn it into a "Riviera of the Middle East."