ארה"ב סייעה לישראל צבאית בסכום של 21 מיליארד דולר מאז תחילת מלחמת 7 באוקטובר

סאדא ניוז - מחקר אקדמי חדש שפורסם, היום יום שלישי במקביל לציון השנה השנייה למלחמת השביעי באוקטובר 2023, reveals that the United States has provided, under the administrations of former President Joe Biden and current President Donald Trump, military aid to Israel worth at least 21.7 billion dollars since the beginning of the Gaza War two years ago.

A different study published by the "War Costs" project at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University indicates that the United States has spent around 10 billion dollars more on security assistance and operations in the wider Middle East over the past two years.

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

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

Washington began sending military assistance to Israel hours after the October 7, 2023 attack, sending warships and warplanes to the region, ready to give Israel everything it needs.

Israel requested intercept missiles from the Iron Dome and ammunition from the United States, and the then U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Washington would provide "its full support" to Israel, with guidance missile launchers and F-35 fighter jets among the equipment being sent.

On October 12, the Biden administration began preparing a package of aid valued at approximately 2 billion dollars as additional funding to support Israel.

By October 17, 5 shipments of American weapons and equipment arrived in Israel.

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

By December 2023, Washington had supplied Israel with 15,000 bombs and 57,000 artillery shells of 155 mm caliber, most of which were transported on board C-17 military cargo planes, as well as sending more than 5,000 unguided MK 82 bombs, over 5,400 MK 84 bombs, and approximately 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 dollars 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 dollars to replenish Israeli weapon stockpiles.