President Biden has suspended Delivering bombs to Israel to prevent their use in attacks on the city of Rafah. Government officials said there are currently 1,800 2,000-pound bombs and 1,700 500-pound bombs in custody, and the government is reviewing whether to block future transfers.
America is so far largest weapons supplier and accelerated deliveries after the October 7 Hamas-led attack. It’s difficult to determine exactly how much funding Israel has received, but here’s a closer look at what we know.
What happened after October 7?
As of October 7, the United States Sending tens of thousands of weapons to Israel.To a large extent, it accelerates supplies already committed in contracts, many of which are Congressional approval According to Bradley, long ago and the State Department Bowman is a military expert at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington.
“What the United States started doing almost immediately was sending a lot of weapons,” said Bowman, a former U.S. Army officer.
according to a report Foundation for Defense of DemocraciesThe volume of weapons being shipped to Israel is so high that a senior Pentagon official said the Defense Department sometimes struggles to find enough cargo planes to transport the weapons.
How much has been made public?
Lawmakers and the news media have recently criticized the lack of public information about the sales. So far, the Defense Department has issued only two press releases regarding approval of emergency arms sales to Israel, on December 9 and 29, while listing most military equipment sales to Ukraine in a regularly updated report . Overview.
As noted in these press releases, assistance provided to Israel between October 7 and December 29 included 52,229 M795 155mm artillery shells, 30,000 M4 howitzer propellants, 4,792 M107 155mm artillery shells, and 13,981 M830A1 120mm artillery shells Tank round.
