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By March US had approved more than 100 arms sales to Israel. [13] On 30 March, the White House authorized $2.5 billion in weapons transfers to Israel. [14] In April, Biden signed a $95bn security package which included around $17bn in military aid for Israel. [15] On 16 May, Biden notified Congress about a $1 billion arms sale to Israel. [16]
As part of a record $38 billion agreement over ten years negotiated under former US President Barack Obama in 2016, US military aid to Israel exceeded $3.8 billion in 2023. Of the $3.8 billion in military aid given to Israel this year, half a billion was for Israel's missile defense.
The service also notes that US military aid makes up around 16 per cent of the total defence budget of Israel, which came in number eight on the global list of top military spenders compared to ...
The World Food Programme stated that Israel's military actions in Gaza City had created an "unpredictable and volatile situation" and were limiting its operations there. [195] Samantha Power, the head of USAID, stated she had received assurances from Israel that humanitarian aid workers would be allowed to work more safely. [196]
The Hamas attacks killed some 1,200 people in Israel, mostly civilians, and militants abducted another 250. The United States has spent a record of at least $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since the war in Gaza began and led to escalating conflict around the Middle East,
Even so, the $17.9 billion spent since Oct. 7, 2023, in inflation-adjusted dollars, is by far the most military aid sent to Israel in one year. The U.S. committed to providing billions in military assistance to Israel and Egypt each year when they signed their 1979 U.S.-brokered peace treaty, and an agreement since the Obama administration set ...
The MOU provides a total of $38 billion in military aid over the 10 years, $33 billion in grants to buy military equipment and $5 billion for missile defense systems. WHAT ADVANCED WEAPONS SYSTEMS ...
Israel said on Thursday it had secured an $8.7 billion aid package from the United States to support its ongoing military efforts and to maintain a qualitative military edge in the region. The ...