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The White House is urging Congress to approve an $18 billion sale of F-15 fighter jets to Israel this week, even as the Biden administration has ramped up criticism of Israeli airstrikes.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden's State Department</a> delivered notices to two Congressional committees asking them to begin the review process for the deal. In addition to selling more than 50 planes, the deal would also include munitions and training services, according to the New York Times.U.S. officials, however, clarified to the outlet that the F-15s would not be delivered for at least another five years.F-15 fighter jets already serve as the backbone of <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/world-regions/israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel's air force.</a> Israeli Defense Forces rely on them as a key deterrent against regional powers like Iran, and have also used them to carry out airstrikes in Gaza.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/state-dept-reacts-staffers-resignation-israel-offensive-gaza" target="_blank" rel="noopener">STATE DEPT. REACTS TO STAFFER'S PUBLIC RESIGNATION OVER ISRAEL OFFENSIVE IN GAZA</a>The deal comes as the Biden administration is growing <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/bidens-shifting-support-israel-own-words-unwavering-criticism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">increasingly critical</a> of Israel's airstrike campaign in Gaza. White House officials have urged Israel to minimize civilian casualties, and while Israel insists it is doing all it can, dissatisfaction from the White House continues.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/hamas-iran-leaders-delight-ceasefire-call-us-no-vote-fateful-turning-point" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HAMAS, IRAN LEADERS DELIGHT IN CEASE-FIRE CALL, US NO-VOTE: ‘FATEFUL TURNING POINT’</a>Those concerns surged earlier this week when an Israeli airstrike mistakenly killed seven aid workers in Gaza. The aid workers were there with the World Central Kitchen, an international group that works to address food crises.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the incident "tragic" in a statement on Tuesday, adding that Israel was investigating the mistaken strike.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/why-mideast-neighbors-wont-offer-refuge-palestinians-stuck-gaza-war-zone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WHY MIDEAST NEIGHBORS WON'T OFFER REFUGE TO PALESTINIANS STUCK IN GAZA WAR ZONE</a>National Security Council spokesman John Kirby had harsh words regarding the Israeli strike during a White House press briefing on Tuesday, saying the administration was "outraged.""We expect a broader investigation to be conducted and to be done so in a swift and comprehensive manner. We hope those findings will be made public and that there is appropriate accountability," Kirby told reporters."More than 200 aid workers have been killed in this conflict, making it one of the worst for aid workers in recent history," he continued. "This incident is emblematic of a larger problem and evidence of why distribution of aid in Gaza has been so challenging. But beyond the strike, what is clear is that the IDF must do much more to improve deconfliction processes so civilians and humanitarian aid workers are protected."Still, Kirby stressed the need to continue supporting Israel in the war."They’re still under a viable threat of Hamas," he said. "We’re still going to make sure they can defend themselves and the 7th of October doesn’t happen again. That doesn’t mean that it’s a free pass that we look the other way when something like this happens."

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content: 'The White House is urging Congress to approve an $18 billion sale of
 F-15 fighter jets to Israel this week, even as the Biden administration has ramped
 up criticism of Israeli airstrikes.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/joe-biden"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden''s State Department</a> delivered notices to
 two Congressional committees asking them to begin the review process for the deal.
 In addition to selling more than 50 planes, the deal would also include munitions
 and training services, according to the New York Times.U.S. officials, however,
 clarified to the outlet that the F-15s would not be delivered for at least another
 five years.F-15 fighter jets already serve as the backbone of <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/world-regions/israel"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel''s air force.</a> Israeli Defense Forces rely
 on them as a key deterrent against regional powers like Iran, and have also used
 them to carry out airstrikes in Gaza.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/state-dept-reacts-staffers-resignation-israel-offensive-gaza"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">STATE DEPT. REACTS TO STAFFER''S PUBLIC
 RESIGNATION OVER ISRAEL OFFENSIVE IN GAZA</a>The deal comes
 as the Biden administration is growing <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/bidens-shifting-support-israel-own-words-unwavering-criticism"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">increasingly critical</a> of Israel''s airstrike
 campaign in Gaza. White House officials have urged Israel to minimize civilian casualties,
 and while Israel insists it is doing all it can, dissatisfaction from the White
 House continues.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/hamas-iran-leaders-delight-ceasefire-call-us-no-vote-fateful-turning-point"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">HAMAS, IRAN LEADERS DELIGHT IN CEASE-FIRE
 CALL, US NO-VOTE: ‘FATEFUL TURNING POINT’</a>Those concerns
 surged earlier this week when an Israeli airstrike mistakenly killed seven aid workers
 in Gaza. The aid workers were there with the World Central Kitchen, an international
 group that works to address food crises.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
 called the incident "tragic" in a statement on Tuesday, adding that Israel was investigating
 the mistaken strike.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/why-mideast-neighbors-wont-offer-refuge-palestinians-stuck-gaza-war-zone"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">WHY MIDEAST NEIGHBORS WON''T OFFER REFUGE
 TO PALESTINIANS STUCK IN GAZA WAR ZONE</a>National Security
 Council spokesman John Kirby had harsh words regarding the Israeli strike during
 a White House press briefing on Tuesday, saying the administration was "outraged.""We
 expect a broader investigation to be conducted and to be done so in a swift and
 comprehensive manner. We hope those findings will be made public and that there
 is appropriate accountability," Kirby told reporters."More than 200 aid workers
 have been killed in this conflict, making it one of the worst for aid workers in
 recent history," he continued. "This incident is emblematic of a larger problem
 and evidence of why distribution of aid in Gaza has been so challenging. But beyond
 the strike, what is clear is that the IDF must do much more to improve deconfliction
 processes so civilians and humanitarian aid workers are protected."Still,
 Kirby stressed the need to continue supporting Israel in the war."They’re
 still under a viable threat of Hamas," he said. "We’re still going to make sure
 they can defend themselves and the 7th of October doesn’t happen again. That doesn’t
 mean that it’s a free pass that we look the other way when something like this happens."'
summary: The Biden administration is pushing for Congress to approve a sale of F-15
 fighter jets to Israel even as it increases criticism of Israeli airstrikes.
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