US to provide $3.5bn more in military aid to Israel amid war on Gaza

Funds cames from a $14.5bn supplemental funding bill for Israel passed by the Congress in April. The supplemental budget comes on top of the more than $3bn in annual US military aid to Israel. The State Department said it had decided against sanctioning the unit – which would have been the first-ever blocking of aid to the Israeli military – saying it was satisfied with Israeli efforts to address “violations” and have been “effectively remediated” (Read more at Aljazeera).