Official photo of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, representative of the Democratic Party. January 2019 US President Joe Biden has approved the potential sale of $735 million in precision-guided weapons to Israel. On Monday, Congressional sources said US lawmakers are not expected to object to the deal, even though three leftist Democratic Representatives have been attempting to block the deal. Advertisement '); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: '/', type: 'banner', zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, secure: true }); It is the precision-guided bombs that have enabled Israeli combat pilots to carry out surgical strikes in Gaza with pinpoint accuracy, minimizing civilian casualties. Curtailing the availability of these high tech weapons would instead lead to a significant increase in civilian Gaza deaths.