Last week, “Israel’s” Ministry of Security finalized a $5.2 billion agreement with Boeing to purchase 25 F-15IA fighter jets, funded through US military aid. The deal also includes an option to acquire an additional 25 jets.

Since the war began, the Ministry has signed agreements totaling $40 billion.

The US currently allocates $3.8 billion annually in military aid to the Israeli occupation, with $3.3 billion designated for procurement and $500 million for joint air defense projects, along with other yearly grants. According to Brown University’s Watson Institute report, Costs of the War, the US provided “Israel” with $17.9 billion in military aid in the war’s first year, though it’s uncertain if this amount includes annual aid or other current or potential grants.

The continuous flow of US military and financial aid to “Israel” enables it to commit all the atrocities it has been committing since October 7 last year, the US will always be remembered as complicit in the endless Israeli massacres.

Al Mayadeen

Zamir, the Director General of the Israel Ministry of Defense, praised the F-15 deal.

“We have secured procurement agreements worth nearly $40 billion (approximately NIS 150 billion) since the onset of the war. While focusing on immediate needs for advanced weaponry and ammunition at unprecedented levels, we’re simultaneously investing in long-term strategic capabilities,” he said. He noted that the new squadron of F-15s and the new third squadron of F-35s Israel agreed to buy earlier this year “represents a historic enhancement of our air power and strategic reach – capabilities that proved crucial during the current war.”

Breaking Defense report