Exclusive-Biden administration asks Congress' approval on Israeli tank shells for use in Gaza

By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration has asked Congress to approve the sale of 45,000 shells for Israel's Merkava tanks for use in its offensive against Hamas in Gaza, according to a U.S. official and a former U.S. official. The request is being made even as concerns grow about the use of U.S. weapons in a war that has killed thousands of civilians in the Palestinian enclave since Israel responded to an attack on Oct. 7 by Hamas militants. The potential sale, worth more than $500 million, is not part of President Joe Biden's $110.5 billion supplemental request that ...