Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday criticized U.S. President Joe Biden's approval of weapons sales to Israel, saying the United States was "writing history with bloody hands" in reference to violence between Israelis and Palestinians.

Speaking after a Cabinet meeting in the capital Ankara, Erdogan said the U.S. is "writing history with bloody hands" in those events of "seriously disproportionate attacks" on Gaza that have caused the martyrdom of hundreds of thousands of people.

Biden's administration approved on Monday the potential sale of $735 million in precision-guided weapons to Israel, according to congressional sources.