{"id":272676,"date":"2024-09-02T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T11:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=272676"},"modified":"2024-08-31T05:00:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T04:00:30","slug":"us-rushes-weapons-shipments-to-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2024\/09\/us-rushes-weapons-shipments-to-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"US Rushes Weapons Shipments to Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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According to flight data, there’s been a spike in US arms deliveries to Israel since the end of July 2024.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

29 Aug 2024 <\/em>– The US has been rushing weapons shipments to Israel since the end of July, Haaretz <\/em>reported today<\/a>, citing open-sourced aviation data.<\/p>\n

The report said that the spike in arms shipments made August the second busiest month at Israel\u2019s Nevatim Airbase for US deliveries since Israel\u2019s genocidal war in Gaza began back in October 2023 following the Hamas attack on southern Israel.<\/p>\n

Dozens of US military transport flights, as well as Israeli civilian and military and cargo planes, have landed at the base, mainly traveling from Qatar and the Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.<\/p>\n

The Haaretz<\/em> report appeared to attribute the rush in arms shipments to US preparations for a potential Iranian attack. The US has deployed additional fighter jets and warships to the region and is vowing to defend Israel from Iran\u2019s response to the Israeli assassination of Hamas\u2019s political chief, Ismail Haniyeh, on Iranian territory. Following a major exchange of fire between Israel and Hezbollah on Sunday, the US is still expecting a reprisal attack from Iran.<\/p>\n

Besides helping Israel prepare for a potential attack from Iran, the US weapons shipments also help fuel the slaughter in Gaza and Israel\u2019s operations in the West Bank, which significantly escalated on Wednesday<\/a>. Israeli forces launched their largest attack on the Israeli-occupied West Bank since the Second Intifada in the early 2000s.<\/p>\n

The rush in arms shipments also shows strong support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been working to prevent a ceasefire deal with Hamas<\/a>, and shows President Biden and Vice President Harris are not serious about ending the slaughter in Gaza.<\/p>\n

The Israeli Defense Ministry said on Monday that the US had delivered over 50,000 tons of weapons <\/a>and other military equipment since October 7. The ministry said the US support was \u201ccrucial for sustaining the IDF\u2019s operational capabilities during the ongoing war.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Dave DeCamp is the news editor of<\/em> antiwar.com.<\/p>\n

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