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US provided $6.5 billion in 'massive' security aid to Israel since Gaza war began: Report

Thursday, 27 June 2024 9:01 AM [ Last Update: Thursday, 27 June 2024 9:57 AM ]

Pro-Palestine activists demonstrate outside the Capitol Building in Washington on April 20, 2024, as the US House of Representatives prepares to vote on the approval of aid for Ukraine and Israel worth $95 billion. (Photo by AP)

The United States has reportedly provided $6.5 billion in security assistance to Israel since the occupying regime launched its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

Citing an unnamed senior official of US President Joe Biden's administration, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that almost half of the amount was provided last month alone.

“This is a massive, massive undertaking,” the official said, adding that the figure was announced during discussions between senior White House officials and Israel’s minister of military affairs Yoav Gallant in Washington this week.

The report said the US official had disclosed the amount “as an indication of the depth and complexity of US support for Israel.”

It further said that the remarks counter claims by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Washington had placed “bottlenecks” in its arms flow.

In a video posted to X on Tuesday, Netanyahu alleged that the Biden administration was “withholding” weapons and ammunition bound for Tel Aviv.

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US military support to Israel, including the supply of lethal arms worth billions of dollars, is aiding the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and prolonging the disastrous war.

Israel waged its brutal Gaza onslaught on October 7 following a historic operation by the Palestinian Hamas resistance group against the usurping entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.

However, almost nine months into the offensive, the Tel Aviv regime has failed to achieve its objectives in Gaza despite killing at least 37,718 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring over 86,377 others.

The US remains Israel’s most important ally and biggest supplier of arms. It has provided Israel with weapons and intelligence support during the Gaza war, and blocked UN resolutions calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in the besieged Palestinian territory.

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