The Trump administration has approved a major nearly $3 billion arms sale to Israel, bypassing a normal congressional review to provide the country with more of the 2,000-pound bombs that it has used in the war against Hamas in Gaza.

The US on Friday approved potential foreign military sales to Israel worth $3 billion, according to the State Department. Watch in for more details!

The Trump administration, for the second time in February, invoked an emergency to fast-track weapons sales to Israel, with Biden also using emergency powers.

The billionaire adviser to the president spoke at the beginning of the meeting with the heads of agencies such as the state department and Pentagon.

Benjamin Netanyahu has said "President Trump is the greatest friend Israel has ever had in the White House" during a news conference on Sunday, 16 February with the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky abruptly left the White House following an Oval Office shouting match with President Donald Trump.