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![]() ![]() From Brown University's Costs of War project, "United States Spending on Israel's Military Operations and Related U.S. Operations in the Region, October 7, 2023-September 30, 2024": U.S. spending on Israel's military operations and related U.S operations in the region total at least $22.76 billion and counting. This estimate is conservative; while it includes approved security assistance funding since October 7, 2023, supplemental funding for regional operations, and an estimated additional cost of operations, it does not include any other economic costs. ![]() Related U.S. military operations in the broader region since October 7 are part of the fuller picture. In particular, the U.S. Navy has significantly scaled up its defensive and offensive operations against Houthi militants in Yemen, which the Houthis claim is related to Israel's war in Gaza. Hostilities have escalated to become the most sustained military campaign by U.S. forces since the 2016-2019 air war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. U.S. operations in the region, including in Yemen, have already cost the U.S. government $4.86 billion (included in the overall figure, above, of $22.76 billion).You can read the full report here. The CFR reported in March that the US has given Israel some $310 billion in cumulative aid, which doesn't include the billions of dollars the US also gives to Israel's neighbors as bribes to "normalize relations" with the Jewish state. ![]() The number also does not include the estimated $1 trillion the US spent on the war in Iraq to advance Israel's interests. It came out on Sunday that the US is reportedly also now offering Israel a new "compensation package" including "diplomatic protection and an arms package" if they'll agree not to hit certain targets in Iran that would assuredly trigger a massive response and drag the US into World War III. Follow InformationLiberation on Twitter, Facebook, Gab, Minds and Telegram. |