What to find out about U.S. army assist to Israel | EUROtoday
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Israel has acquired extra U.S. army assist — and extra U.S. assist of any kind — than some other nation since World War II.
That help has lengthy been a matter of ironclad, bipartisan near-consensus. But in latest months, it has come below mounting scrutiny, together with from some Democratic legislators, amid the emergence of rifts between the United States and Israel over Israel’s conduct in its warfare in Gaza — through which U.S.-provided weapons are in widespread use.
Israel has been waging warfare in Gaza since Oct. 7, when Hamas, the Palestinian group that has lengthy managed the territory, led a cross-border assault that left 1,200 folks useless. The Israeli assault on Gaza has left the Strip in ruins, and has left at the very least 32,000 Gazans useless, in keeping with the Gaza Health Ministry, which doesn’t distinguish between combatants and noncombatants.
The United States has equipped Israel with weapons for the reason that warfare started. While President Biden has pushed for Israel to permit extra assist into the enclave to avert famine and has resisted Israeli plans to invade the southern Gaza metropolis of Rafah, the place displaced Palestinians are densely packed, army assist has remained untouched.
Here is what to find out about U.S. army assist to Israel.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/02/us-military-aid-israel-gaza-biden/