US Delivered 28,000 Bombs and Missiles to Israel Since October 7

by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 28, 2024

https://libertarianinstitute.org/news/us-delivered-28000-bombs-and-missiles-to-israel-since-october-7/

The US has delivered 25,000 bombs and 3,000 missiles to Israel since October 7. The majority of the munitions are 2,000-pound unguided bombs that Tel Aviv has used during its onslaught in the Gaza Strip. 

The Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA) – a pro-war, neoconservative think tank based in Washington – issued a report on the US arms transfers to Israel since October 7. JINSA reports Israel received 14,100 2,000-pound bombs, 8,200 500-pound bombs, 3,000 250-pound bombs, and 3,000 Hellfire missiles. 

The list includes those weapons shipments that have been publicly disclosed. Many of the arms sales Washington has approved for Tel Aviv are classified or secretive. 

In addition to the massive number of bombs, the US has sent Israel 36,000 30-mm cannon rounds, 25 F-35s, 3,000 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMS), 1,800 M141 Bunker Defeat Munitions, and 14,000 tank shells. 

Washington’s military support for Tel Aviv has come almost without conditions. President Joe Biden has suspended a single shipment of 1,800 2,000-pound bombs but continued to ship Israel other munitions. 

The American-made weapons have been used by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to devastate Gaza. In under ten months, over 39,000 Palestinians have been killed. Several Israeli attacks on civilian targets have been carried out with US weapons. Still, President Biden has refused to cut-off the arms flow to Israel.