PNN – According to a report published at the same time as the first anniversary of the beginning of the war in Gaza, estimates indicate that the United States has set a historic record in providing $17.9 billion in aid to the Zionist regime.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network from the Associated Press news agency, According to a report published by Brown University’s War Costs Project on the one-year anniversary of the Gaza war, the United States has provided a record $17.9 billion in military aid to Israel since the start of the war, which has led to the escalation of conflicts in the Middle East.
The researchers who compiled this report, in their findings for the first time provided to this American news agency, announced that since the October 7, 2023 attacks, the United States has spent $4.86 billion in additional aid to increase its military operations in the region. The additional cost is said to cover a US-led naval campaign to suppress Yemeni attacks on merchant ships.
The Associated Press noted that the report was completed before Israel opened a second front against Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia in late September.
The author further mentioned that in addition to the costs mentioned in this report, the increasing number of casualties caused by Israel’s attacks on Gaza and Lebanon has also been taken into account.
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According to the report of the Gaza Ministry of Health, since the beginning of the war, more than 42,000 Palestinians have been martyred in this strip. In Lebanon, at least 1,400 people have lost their lives as a result of successive attacks by the Zionist regime in September.
The compilers of this report have been introduced, including Linda Beales, a professor at John F. Kennedy Harvard University, and her colleagues, William Hartung and Steven Semler. According to these researchers, Israel has been the largest recipient of US military aid since its establishment in 1948 and has received $251.2 billion in aid since 1959.
However, this group of researchers has emphasized that the $17.9 billion that Israel received from the United States on October 7, 2023, was the largest military aid in one year.
The Associated Press has further mentioned the 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt that after signing this agreement, the United States pledged to provide billions of dollars in military aid to Israel and Egypt annually.
The news agency explained that most of the US military aid since the October 7 attack has included munitions, including artillery shells, 2,000-pound bombs, and precision-guided munitions.
In the published report, it is also acknowledged that, unlike Washington’s military aid to Kiev, where details of all expenses are mentioned, it was impossible to receive the small aid provided by the US to Israel from October 7 onwards. Therefore, the 17.9 billion dollars of aid mentioned in this report is only a part of the costs that the US has spent on Israel’s war in the last year.