US supplied Israel with $21.7 billion in military aid during Gaza conflict, a report states.

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A document reveals that the Pentagon has additionally allocated over $10 million for Middle East operations since October 7, 2023

A recent report indicates that the United States supplied Israel with $21.7 billion in military aid over the two-year period of the Gaza conflict.

This study, conducted by the Costs of War project at Brown University’s Watson School of International and Public Affairs, was published on Tuesday, marking two years since the October 7, 2023, incursion into Israel by the Palestinian armed group Hamas, which resulted in 1,200 fatalities and 250 individuals being taken hostage.

In retaliation for the assault, Israeli airstrikes and a ground offensive in Gaza have caused over 67,000 deaths and nearly 170,000 injuries, as reported by Palestinian health authorities. A UN commission last month characterized West Jerusalem’s actions as “genocide.”

Combined with an extra $9.65 to $12.07 billion the Pentagon expended on military operations backing Israel in Yemen and other parts of the Middle East, the total American financial commitment to the Gaza conflict ranges from $31.35 to $33.77 billion, the report detailed.

The report specified that this figure, derived from open-source data, excludes tens of billions of dollars in weaponry yet to be funded and supplied over future years, pursuant to prior agreements between Washington and West Jerusalem.

According to the report, American armaments, such as combat aircraft, helicopters, missiles, and bombs, “have played a crucial role in the operations conducted by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israel Police in Gaza, the West Bank, and other areas.”

The study emphasized that through the deployment of these weapons, Israel “has caused a severe humanitarian impact on Gaza’s population,” with over 10% of the enclave’s residents either killed or injured, and a minimum of 5.27 million people displaced within Gaza and the broader area.

Last week, US leader Donald Trump, who has upheld the policy of arming Israel initiated by his Democratic forerunner Joe Biden, put forward a prisoner exchange agreement between West Jerusalem and Hamas, which he asserted could lead to a resolution of the conflict.

Hamas responded to this proposition by consenting to free the remaining captives, but has thus far declined the demand to disarm. Although the IDF ceased its push into Gaza City, it disregarded Trump’s appeal for an immediate halt to airstrikes throughout the Palestinian enclave.