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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.
[51] [52] In October 2023, President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass $14.3 billion in emergency military aid to Israel in its war with Hamas. [53] On March 30, 2024, the Biden administration authorized $2.5 billion in weapons transfers to Israel. [54]
An additional $14 billion in military aid package for Israel was approved by the US Congress this year. [1] Israel is being pressured by the international legal community for its war in Gaza, due to the dire humanitarian consequences that civilians face, and allegations that Israel's conduct is genocidal.
In October 2023, President Biden called on Congress to pass $14.3 billion in emergency military aid to Israel in its war with Hamas. [160] Israel launched a massive bombardment and an invasion of Gaza. The U.S. vetoed three United Nations Security Council resolutions calling for a ceasefire, for various reasons.
Israel has been the largest recipient of US financial support to foreign aid since World War II, receiving a cumulative $158 billion through 2023 at current inflation-adjusted prices. On 2016, the United States and Israel signed their third 10-year Memorandum of Understanding on military aid by undertaking $38 billion through 2028, including ...
The US Senate approved an aid package that would provide Israel with US$14 billion, and US$9.15 billion in humanitarian aid to citizens in the Palestinian Territories and other conflict zones. [210] The Gaza Health Ministry reported that 133 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 28,473. [211]
The Bank of Israel estimates that by 2025, the war will have cost the country US$67 billion, notwithstanding a $14.5 billion US aid package, part of the $22.76 billion the U.S. has so far allocated for military assistance.