Israel and the United States signed a deal for the supply of American weapons amid the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. This is reported on May 17 by the Jerusalem Post.
The transaction amount will be $735 million. The agreement was approved on Monday by US President Joe Biden.
"The deal will primarily focus on Israel's acquisition of precision-guided missiles and special ammunition from the United States," the publication said.
Earlier on Monday, the Israeli General Staff decided to continue launching rocket attacks on military targets of Palestinian radicals in the Gaza Strip. Also, the army of the country reported on the elimination of the commander of the northern division of the division of the terrorist organization "Islamic Jihad of Palestine" (some organizations of "Islamic Jihad" are banned in Russia) Abu Harbida.
According to the Israeli Armed Forces, since May 10, 3,150 rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip, of which about 460 fell in the enclave itself. At the same time, the military clarified that the Iron Dome air defense system intercepts about 90% of the shells.
In addition, on the same day, the Israeli army attacked the tunnel system of the ruling Hamas Islamist movement in the Gaza Strip, and 15 km of underground structures in the north of the enclave were hit.
The escalation of the conflict between Palestine and Israel occurred in early May. Then the Israeli authorities began to evict several Arab families in East Jerusalem, which provoked riots and protests by Palestinians. On May 10, the radical group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, intervened in the situation.
