The United States has spent at least $22.76 billion on military aid to Israel and on related U.S. operations in the region from Oct. 7, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2024, according to a new report from the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University.
According to the study, this expenditure marks a significant increase in U.S. military support for Israel, surpassing any annual amount since the United States began granting military aid to the country in 1959.
“It has been difficult for the U.S. public, journalists and members of Congress to get an accurate understanding of the amount of military equipment and financial assistance that the U.S. government has provided to Israel’s military during the past year of war,” the report states….