Israel has one of the strongest armies in the world, supported by more than $3.8 billion in military aid provided by the United States annually, as it ranks first on the list of countries receiving American military aid, followed by Egypt.
The United States strongly supported Israel, its closest ally in the region, in its war on the Gaza Strip, and sent it guided missile carriers and F-35 fighter jets, in addition to other military equipment.
Maintaining Israel’s regional military dominance is an essential element of US policy in the Middle East. This was achieved through American funding and Israel’s growing military arsenal.
Historically, Israel’s arms imports have far exceeded its exports. However, over the past 10 years, exports have begun to consistently outpace imports, SIPRI data shows.
Which countries buy the largest number of Israeli weapons?
At least 35 countries imported weapons from Israel worth a total of $3.2 billion from 2018 to 2022.
About a third of the revenue ($1.2 billion) was from Israeli military exports to India, whose relations with Israel have flourished since Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took power in 2014, the first Indian prime minister to visit Israel.
As for Azerbaijan, it is the second largest buyer of Israeli weapons ($295 million), followed by the Philippines ($275 million), the United States ($217 million), and Vietnam ($180 million).
“Our weapons are tested in the field.” This is how Israel exploits the massacres to increase its arms sales
We are now in the middle of 2014, in the city of Rafah, the young man, Ahmed Saeed Al-Najjar, drives his taxi trying to help Palestinian families reach safe areas in southern Gaza. Six people were riding with him in the car, including his close friend, Saher, when a missile fired by a drone pierced the roof of the car, killing the six passengers. Only Ahmed escaped the wreckage alive, but he suffered severe burns and multiple wounds, lost one eye, and the explosion amputated his right leg.
It was later revealed that the missile that targeted the car was a “Spike” missile, an Israeli-made missile produced by Rafael Combat Systems, which can be modified to carry a “DIME” bomb, which is an abbreviation of its name (Dense Inert Metal Explosive), which means ” Dense inert metal explosives, which kill their victims by amputating their limbs in a manner similar to the action of a chainsaw.
By 2014, there was high demand for drones carrying the “Spike” missile from several different countries around the world. It is called the “Eitan” aircraft, or “Heron-TB”, which is the largest aerial drone that Israel has, and it can fly for up to 40 hours. One continuous hour and carries four “Spike” missiles. It entered service in 2007 and is manufactured by the Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI), which is owned by the occupying state. The occupation army used it in the Gaza war in December 2008 for the first time in attacks against civilians, according to a report from Drone Wars UK, a non-governmental organization in the United Kingdom that conducts research on the use of armed drones and vehicles.
According to the report, after the war, the company witnessed an increase in demand for different models of “Heron” drones from different countries around the world, and it also indicated that Israel exported drone technology to about 50 countries out of 76 countries believed to have had this type of technology.
