Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has placed a hold on a $2.8 billion weapons sale to Israel, aligning with Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), her counterpart on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The package includes 40,000 one-ton bombs. Shaheen said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has failed to address Democratic lawmakers’ concerns over civilian deaths in Gaza, Israeli strikes in Syria and violence by extremist Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank. The informal arms-sale review process allows the State Department to address congressional concerns before proceeding, while Meeks has publicly questioned whether the weapons would be used consistently with international humanitarian law and U.S. law.