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House to Vote on $17.6 Billion in New Military Aid for Israel

by Dave DeCamp | Feb 5, 2024 | News

The House will vote on a bill this week to provide $17.6 billion in new military aid to Israel to support the mass killing of Palestinians in Gaza. The House previously passed a $14.3 billion resolution for Israel but cut funds to the Internal Revenue Service, so it didn’t receive support from Democrats and was never brought to the Senate floor for a vote. The new bill adds over $3 billion for Israel and does not include spending cuts. Over in the Senate, negotiators reached a deal on border policy to advance a behemoth $110 spending bill that includes military aid for Israel, Ukraine, and...

US, UK Launch Another Round of Heavy Strikes on Yemen

by Dave DeCamp | Feb 5, 2024 | News

The US and the UK launched another round of joint missile strikes in Yemen on Saturday night as the situation in the Red Sea continues to escalate, and the Houthis show no sign of backing down. US Central Command said strikes were launched against 13 targets in 36 locations in Houthi-controlled Yemen, where most of Yemen’s population lives. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea reported 48 strikes in multiple governorates, including Sanaa, Hodeidah, Taiz, al-Bayda, Hajjah, and Saada. CENTCOM claimed the strikes hit “multiple underground storage facilities, command and control, missile...

US Launches More Strikes Against Houthis in Yemen as Escalations Continue

by Dave DeCamp | Jan 17, 2024 | News

CENTCOM says the strikes were launched early Tuesday The US military said Tuesday that it launched more strikes against the Houthis in Yemen as tensions in the region continue to escalate. US Central Command claimed that it hit Houthi anti-ship missiles. “At approximately 4:15 am (Sanaa time), US Forces struck and destroyed four Houthi anti-ship ballistic missiles prepared to launch from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen,” CENTCOM said. But later in the day, the Houthis were able to target a Greek-owned ship in the Red Sea despite the US strikes. CENTCOM said the M/V Zografia “reported they...

Pentagon Did Not Properly Track Over $1 Billion in Weapons Shipped to Ukraine

by Dave DeCamp | Jan 13, 2024 | News

More than $1 billion in weapons that were shipped to Ukraine have not been properly tracked by the Pentagon, a report from the Defense Department’s inspector general has found.

US Has No Plans to Restrict Military Aid to Israel Despite Biden Calling Gaza Bombing ‘Indiscriminate’

by Dave DeCamp | Dec 15, 2023 | News

The US has no plans to restrict military aid to Israel or draw any red lines on Israel’s use of US-provided munitions despite President Biden labeling Israel’s bombing of Gaza “indiscriminate” and the massive civilian death toll, US officials told CNN.

House Passes $886 Billion National Defense Authorization Act

by Dave DeCamp | Dec 15, 2023 | News

On Thursday, the House passed the $886 billion 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which funds the Pentagon and some military spending for other government agencies.

US Airstrikes Target Eastern Syria

by Dave DeCamp | Oct 28, 2023 | News

The Pentagon said Thursday night that it launched airstrikes in eastern Syria that targeted two facilities “used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups,” a significant escalation that makes a regional war more likely amid Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.

U.S. Officials Expect an Israeli Invasion of Gaza

by Dave DeCamp | Oct 9, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

U.S. officials said Sunday that they expect Israel to launch a ground invasion of Gaza within the next 24-48 hours after the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally declared it was at war with Hamas, The Washington Post reported on Sunday. A spokesman for the Israeli military said in a video posted to X that Israel has 100,000 reservist troops amassed in southern Israel near Gaza. “We have amassed around 100,000 reserve troops who are currently in southern Israel preparing to execute the task the Israeli government has designated the IDF to do,” said spokesman Jonathan...