America Has Provided Israel with Military Aid of $21 Billion Since the Beginning of the October 7 War

SadaNews - A new academic study published today, coinciding with the second anniversary of the October 7, 2023 war, revealed that the United States has provided military aid to Israel worth at least $21.7 billion since the start of the Gaza war two years ago, under the administrations of former President Joe Biden and current President Donald Trump.

Another study, also published by the "Costs of War" project at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, indicated that the United States spent approximately $10 billion more on security assistance and operations in the broader Middle East over the past two years.

While the reports rely primarily on open sources for most of their findings, they provide some of the most comprehensive calculations of U.S. military aid to Israel, Washington's close ally, and estimates of the cost of U.S. direct military intervention in the Middle East.

The U.S. State Department did not immediately comment on the amount of military aid provided to Israel since October 2023, while the White House referred inquiries to the U.S. Department of Defense, which oversees only a portion of that aid.

Washington began sending military aid to Israel just hours after the October 7, 2023 attack, dispatching warships and warplanes to the region, ready to give Israel everything it needed.

Israel requested from the United States Iron Dome interceptor missiles and munitions, and then Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that Washington would provide "its full support" to Israel, with guided missile launchers and F-35 fighter jets among the equipment being sent.

On October 12, the Biden administration began preparing a $2 billion aid package as additional funding to support Israel.

By October 17, five shipments of U.S. weapons and equipment had arrived in Israel.

In November, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a Republican plan allocating $14.5 billion in military aid to Israel.

By December 2023, Washington had supplied Israel with 15,000 bombs and 57,000 155mm artillery shells, most of which were transported on C-17 military cargo planes. The United States also sent over 5,000 un-guided MK-82 bombs, more than 5,400 MK-84 bombs, and about 1,000 small-diameter GBU-39 bombs.

On December 8, Biden used emergency authority to bypass Congress's review to sell approximately 14,000 tank shells worth $106.5 million for immediate delivery to Israel.

On December 29, the U.S. government again used emergency authority to sell Israel artillery shells and related weapons worth $147.5 million to replenish Israeli weapon stockpiles.