US delivers 90,000 tons of weapons to Israel in 600 days of genocide
Washington remains the leading provider of the bombs used to ethnically cleanse Gaza, followed by Germany and Italy
The 800th planeload of US arms shipments to Israel landed in Tel Aviv on 27 May, as the Israeli Defense Ministry announced that, since the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza began, Washington has delivered over 90,000 tons of armaments and military equipment.
Tel Aviv called the constant US arms shipments via sea and air “a significant component” in allowing the Israeli military to continue its ethnic cleansing campaign, which entered day 600 on Tuesday.
Over the past 19 months, the US government has approved nearly $30 billion in arms sales to Israel, including $7.4 billion in missiles and bombs in February and a $3 billion “emergency” arms package in March.
According to a report published last year by Brown University’s Costs of War project, Washington spent at least $22.76 billion between 7 October 2023 and 30 September 2024 to support Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and fuel a brutal regional war.
The US State Department has repeatedly used emergency authorities to expedite arms deliveries.
Last month, the US Senate overwhelmingly voted to strike down two resolutions of disapproval regarding Washington's massive arms transfers and other military assistance to Israel.
“Donald Trump is the greatest friend that Israel has ever had in the White House. He’s shown it by sending us all the munitions that were being held up. This way, he is giving Israel the tools we need to finish the job against Iran’s terror axis,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in March.
As of May 2025, over 100,000 tons of explosives have been dropped in Gaza, far surpassing the totals for Dresden and Hamburg during Operation Gomorrah, and London during the Blitz in WWII, which combined account for approximately 32,300 tons of explosives.
“I have never seen so many blast injuries in my life, and I've never seen so many injuries in Gaza in my life. We're seeing these injuries in really small children as well,” British surgeon Victoria Rosetold reporters this week after serving as a member of a medical delegation to Nasser Hospital in south Gaza's Khan Yunis.
The Gaza Health Ministry confirms that at least 54,000 people have been killed by Israel since the start of the US-sponsored genocide. According to scientific estimates published by The Lancet last year, the death toll in Gaza has been under-reported by at least 41 percent.
Last month, authorities in Gaza revealed that 65 percent of those killed by Israel are women, children, and the elderly. Moreover, officials say Israel wiped out more than 2,180 Palestinian families.
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