BILLIONS of dollars of additional aid for Israel was approved by US President Joe Biden today, after the measure was passed by the Senate on Tuesday night.

Left-wing Democratic senators such as Bernie Sanders and Jeff Merkley opposed the package, with the former saying: “We must end our complicity in this terrible war,” but they were far outnumbered in the 79-18 vote.

Though the aid package includes around $9 billion (£7.2bn) in humanitarian assistance for Gaza, which experts say is on the brink of famine, most of the $26bn (£20.9bn) will go to support Israel’s vicious military campaign in the beleaguered Palestinian territory.