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Report finds US spent record $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel in year of war

WASHINGTON — The United States has spent a record of at least $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel in the year since the unprecedented onslaught by Palestinian terror group Hamas in southern Israel sparked the war in Gaza, according to a report for Brown University’s Costs of War project.

An additional $4.86 billion has gone into stepped-up US military operations in the region since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, invasion and massacre, which has led to escalating conflict around the Middle East, researchers said in findings released on the anniversary of the attack and first provided to The Associated Press. That figure includes the costs of a US Navy-led campaign to quell strikes on commercial shipping by Yemen’s Houthis, who claim to carry them out in solidarity with the fellow Iranian-backed group Hamas.

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by Anonymousreply 5October 10, 2024 2:32 AM

They're fighting for their survival. The war has several fronts, a large portion of the population is mobilized in the military and 10s of thousands have been displaced from northern Israel for months. I don't know how they are doing it.

by Anonymousreply 1October 9, 2024 1:01 PM

[quote] I don't know how they are doing it.

They're doing it with the $18 billion the US gave them.

The real question is: how does Ukraine do it?

by Anonymousreply 2October 9, 2024 1:47 PM

How are the Gazan refugees surviving without $18 billion oin aid? A better question, OP.

by Anonymousreply 3October 9, 2024 2:09 PM

Fighting for their survival or Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to fight as many wars as possible so he can avoid being thrown out of office for having October 7th happen on his watch. Tomato tomato, r1.

I wonder which group or country will threaten Israel's survival next month when he needs to escalate AGAIN.......

by Anonymousreply 4October 9, 2024 9:20 PM

Let's not forget this brilliant idea. $320 million flushed down the toilet.

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by Anonymousreply 5October 10, 2024 2:32 AM
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