Posted on 08/26/24
| News Source: Times of Israel
Five hundred transport planes and 107 ships have delivered more than 50,000 tons of armaments and military equipment from the United States to Israel since the start of the war in Gaza last October, the Defense Ministry said on Monday.
The military equipment delivered to Israel since the beginning of the war includes “armored vehicles, munitions, ammunition, personal protection gear and medical equipment,” according to the ministry.
The deliveries are “crucial for sustaining the IDF’s operational capabilities during the ongoing war.”
The “large-scale logistical effort” has been carried out by the ministry’s Directorate of Production and Procurement, the ministry’s mission to the US, the IDF’s Planning Directorate, and the Israeli Air Force.
The US has continued to provide Israel with arms despite calls from some critics of Israel to stop supplying the country with arms amid the rising death toll reports coming out of Gaza.
US President Joe Biden has continued to support US aid for Israel and said in April, after signing a $17 billion aid package for Israel into law, that he would make sure that Israel has what it needs to defend itself against Iran and its proxies.