U.S. Brown University's "War Cost Accounts" project released a report on Monday showed that in the two years since the Israeli conflict, the U.S. provided military aid to Israel amounted to $21.7 billion.

¡°American weapons have been the core equipment of Israeli Defense Forces and Israeli police operations in the Gaza Strip, West Bank and elsewhere,¡± the report said. All Israeli aircraft with operational capabilities in service are from the United States, including 75 F-15, 196 F-16 and 39 F-35.Israel's attack and transport helicopters also all come from the United States, including 46 Apache helicopter gunships, 25 Sea Stallion and 49 Black Hawk transport helicopters."

The report says, Without U.S. aid, Israel would not be able to sustain its strike against the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).The report also noted that the United States is expected to provide tens of billions of dollars in future funding to Israel under bilateral agreements.

According to the report, in the past two years, triggered by or in support of Israeli military operations, the United States has also carried out military strikes against Houthi armed forces in Yemen and Iranian nuclear facilities, spending a total of $9.65 billion to $12.07 billion. This means that the cumulative expenditure of the United States on conflicts in the Middle East in the past two years has reached $31.35 billion to $33.77 billion.

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