{"id":284155,"date":"2025-01-06T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=284155"},"modified":"2025-01-03T04:41:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T04:41:23","slug":"us-has-given-israel-22-billion-in-military-aid-since-october-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2025\/01\/us-has-given-israel-22-billion-in-military-aid-since-october-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"US Has Given Israel $22 Billion in Military Aid since October 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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[Amir Cohen\/Reuters]<\/p><\/div>\n

According to data from SIPRI, US weapons now account for 78% of Israel’s arms imports<\/span>.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

1 Jan 2025 <\/em>– Since October 7, 2023, the US has provided Israel with more than $22 billion in military aid, Israel Hayom<\/em> reported today<\/a>, citing data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).<\/p>\n

The stepped-up US military aid to Israel has supported the genocidal war in Gaza, Israel\u2019s war in Lebanon, military operations in the occupied West Bank, and attacks on Syria, Iran, and Yemen.<\/p>\n

According to SIPRI, from 2019 to 2023, US weapons accounted for 69% of Israel\u2019s arms imports. Since October 7, that number has risen to 78%, demonstrating Israel\u2019s significant reliance on US military aid.<\/p>\n

In October 2024, Brown University\u2019s Costs of War Project said the US had provided Israel with $17.9 billion in military aid in the first year of the onslaught in Gaza. Since then, Israel has signed a $5.2 billion contract with Boeing<\/a> to purchase F-15 fighter jets, a deal funded by the US, bringing total US military aid since October 7, 2023, to over $22 billion.<\/p>\n

The Costs of War report also said US military operations in the Middle East to support Israel cost American taxpayers at least $4.8 billion, a number that must have also risen since the US has continued to bomb Yemen and deployed a THAAD air defense system to Israel.<\/a><\/p>\n

Israeli officials have been candid about how reliant they are on US support. An Israeli Air Force official told Haaretz<\/em> <\/a>that without US military aid, Israel would not be able to sustain operations in Gaza for more than a few months.<\/p>\n

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

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