The US House of Representatives passed the Israel Security Supplemental with a vote of 366-58.
Here’s what the package includes:
- $26.4 billion to aid Israel.
- $4 billion for the Iron Dome and David’s Sling missile defense systems.
- $1.2 billion for the Iron Beam defense system.
- $4.4 billion to replenish defense items and services provided to Israel.
- $3.5 billion for the procurement of advanced weapons systems and other items through the Foreign Military Financing Program.
- $9.2 billion in humanitarian assistance – including emergency food, shelter and basic services – to populations suffering crises.
It would also:
Provide additional flexibility for transfers of defense items to Israel from US stockpiles held in other countries.
Prohibit sending funds to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency
What’s happening: The House passed a foreign aid package Saturday after many Democrats joined GOP Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday to advance the measure to a floor vote. The $95 billion package includes aid for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific region. The measures now go to the Senate.
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