US President Donald Trump met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida, after which an arms deal came into the spotlight in which Boeing was given an $8.6 billion contract for the ‘F-15 Israel Program’.

The contract covers the design, integration, testing, production, and delivery of 25 F-15IA (Israel Advanced) aircraft for the Israeli Air Force, with an option for an additional 25 jets. The F-15IA (Israel Advanced) is Israel's customized variant of the ‘F-15EX Eagle II’. Work will be carried out in St. Louis and is expected to finish by Dec. 31, 2035.

The deal is part of foreign military sales, with the U.S. historically being Israel’s largest arms supplier. Pro-Palestinian and anti-war groups in the U.S. have called for an end to American military support for Israel due to its ongoing conflict in Gaza, but these calls have not been acted upon under the Trump or Biden administrations.

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Since the Gaza conflict began, the U.S. has provided at least $21.7 billion in military aid to Israel, according to the ‘Costs of War’ project at Brown University. In addition, the U.S. spent around $10 billion on security aid and operations across the broader Middle East over the past two years.

The report relies mostly on open-source data but offers one of the most detailed accounts of U.S. military support to Israel and the region. The State Department has not commented on the aid figures since October 2023, while the White House referred queries to the Pentagon.