US President Biden signed the $95 billion aid package covering Israel and Ukraine

US President Biden, who has been subjected to intense criticism both domestically and internationally for his unconditional support to Israel, signed the foreign aid package that passed through both houses of Congress and came to his desk at the press conference held at the White House.

26 BILLION DOLLARS FOR MILITARY SUPPORT TO ISRAEL, 1 BILLION DOLLARS FOR HUMANITARIAN AID TO GAZA

Noting that 26 billion dollars were allocated for military support to Israel in the package, Biden stated that in this section, they also allocated a fund of 1 billion dollars for humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Biden said, “This bill also significantly increases the humanitarian aid we send to the innocent people of Gaza. The bill allocates an additional $1 billion for humanitarian aid to Gaza; this will include items such as food, clean water, medical supplies. Israel is responsible for all these “It must ensure that aid reaches Palestinians in Gaza without delay.” he said.

Noting that it is a priority for Hamas to release its hostages and reach a ceasefire in this process, Biden said that their intensive work on this issue continues.

The bill, which was passed as 4 separate bills in the House of Representatives and combined into a single package in the Senate, was accepted with 78 “yes” votes against 18 “no” votes in the voting in the Senate General Assembly yesterday.

In the package signed by Biden, $61 billion is for military support to Ukraine, $9 billion is for humanitarian aid to war zones including Gaza, $26 billion is for military support to Israel, and $8.1 billion is for support to the Indo-Pacific region (Taiwan). is allocated.

AFTER OCTOBER 7, ISRAEL’S OCCUPATION OF GAZA

Hamas’s armed wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, launched a comprehensive attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, on the grounds of “responding to the continuous violations against the Palestinians and sacred values, especially the Al-Aqsa Mosque.”

Israel announced that 1,200 Israelis died and 5,132 people were injured in the attacks on October 7.

34 THOUSAND PALESTINIANS LOST THEIR LIVES IN GAZA

In Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 34 thousand 262 Palestinians, including at least 14 thousand 685 children and 9 thousand 670 women, were killed and 77 thousand 229 people were injured.

While it is reported that there are still thousands of dead under the rubble, civilian infrastructure is also being destroyed by targeting hospitals and educational institutions where people took shelter.

The Israeli army announced that 604 of its soldiers have died, 260 of which were in the land invasion process, since October 7, when their attacks on the Gaza Strip began.

81 Israeli and 240 Palestinian prisoners were mutually released during the “humanitarian pause” in the conflict, which was given for 4 days on November 24, 2023 and later extended for 3 more days. On the other hand, Israel continued to detain and imprison thousands of Palestinians.

Since October 7, 2023, 488 Palestinians have lost their lives in attacks by Israeli soldiers and illegal Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.

According to the latest data, 285 Hezbollah members, 56 Lebanese civilians, 18 Amal Movement, 13 Hamas, 12 Islamic Jihad members, 7 Israeli civilians and 12 soldiers died in the ongoing clashes between the Israeli army and Hezbollah since October 8, 2023.