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What military aid has America provided to Israel during its war on Gaza?

What military aid has America provided to Israel during its war on Gaza?

By Mounira Magdy

Published: November 8, 2023

What has America provided to Israel in its war on Gaza? A question answered by the Hebrew newspaper "Calcalist" in a report that revealed a package of aid and an air defense system worth more than $14 billion, provided by the United States to Israel, which contributed to the effectiveness of most of its military operations in the Gaza Strip, during which the strongest weapons and missiles were used targeting civilians, hospitals, and homes, causing thousands of deaths and injuries and displacing about one and a half million Palestinians.

According to what the Hebrew newspaper published, we review in the following lines what the United States of America has provided to Israel during its war on Gaza:

- Full supervision of the air defense system inside Israel, aiming to stop the threat of Palestinian and Lebanese missiles to it.

- The American administration intends to give Israel precision-guided bombs of the SPICE type worth $320 million.

- Significantly expanding Israel's missile defense capabilities and doubling the number of Iron Dome launch platforms and increasing American spending on the system.

- Funding to build up to 100 additional Iron Dome launchers and no less than 14,000 interceptor missiles of the TAMIR type (the interceptor missile launched from the Iron Dome system).

- 20 interceptor missiles of the Tami type and the establishment of about 25 new Iron Dome batteries.

- Enhancing the Iron Dome, which so far includes smart bombs made by Boeing.

- Providing advice regarding hostages and facilitating access to American regional military reserves located in Israel.

- Requesting about $4 billion to fund missile defense systems, divided between the Iron Dome system and the David's Sling system.

- Allocating $3 billion to the Iron Dome and $1 billion to David's Sling, which financed the purchase of 650 interceptor missiles and related equipment also manufactured by RTX.

- Congress allocated more than $2.4 billion for the development of David's Sling.

- Transferring precision-guided bombs of the SPICE type to Israel worth $320 million.

- The American Rafael company will transfer the bombs to the Israeli parent company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems for use by the Ministry of Defense.

- Providing support and assistance in assembly, testing, and transferring additional technologies related to the use of the weapon.

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