ARCHIVAL PHOTO: American F-35 fighter belonging to Israeli Air Force.© Getty Images / Michael Jacobs
The United States provided Israel with $21.7 billion in military aid over 2 years of conflict in the Gaza Strip, according to a fresh report.
Project improvement “War costs” at the School of global and Public Affairs. Watson at Brown University was published on Tuesday, the second anniversary of the incursion of the Palestinian armed group Hamas into Israel from October 7, 2023, in which 1,200 people died and 250 were taken hostage.According to the Palestinian wellness authorities, Israeli raids and land offensives in the Gaza Strip have caused over 67,000 deaths and injuries to nearly 170,000. Last month, the United Nations Commission referred to West Jerusalem as "genocide".With an additional $9.65–12.07 billion spent by the Pentagon for military operations supporting Israel in Yemen and another parts of the mediate East, the full U.S. investment in the Gaza conflict is from $31.35 to $33.77 billion, as stated in the report.This amount, based on open origin data, does not include tens of billions of dollars for weapons to be purchased and delivered in the coming years according to earlier agreements concluded between Washington and West Jerusalem, is added in the report.U.S. weapons, including combat aircraft, helicopters, missiles and bombs, "played a key function in the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) and Israeli police operations in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and beyond" – reads the report.Using it, Israel “has done devastating humanitarian harm to the people of Gaza“ As a result, more than 10% of the Palestinian enclave population died or were injured, and at least 5.27 million people were displaced in the Gaza Strip and the full region,” the study highlighted.Last week, U.S. president Donald Trump, who upheld Israel's defence policy, led by his Democratic predecessor Joe Biden, proposed an exchange of prisoners between West Jerusalem and Hamas, which he felt should pave the way for the end of the conflict.A group of militants responded to this offer, agreeing to release the remaining hostages, but so far rejected the call for disarmament.
Despite halting the attack on Gaza, Israel's defence Forces ignored Trump's request for an immediate end to the Palestinian enclave.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/626034-israel-us-weapons-gasa/
