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- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) placed a hold on a $2.8 billion weapons sale to Israel.
- Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) publicly announced a hold on the same weapons sale.
- Shaheen cited Gaza civilian deaths, Syrian bombings and West Bank settler violence as reasons.
- Meeks warned the weapons could violate international humanitarian law and U.S. statutes.
- The sale includes 40,000 one-ton bombs that the Biden administration previously withheld.
