{"id":66822,"date":"2021-05-27T10:39:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T14:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=66822"},"modified":"2021-05-27T10:39:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T14:39:03","slug":"military-industrial-complex-making-a-killing-off-the-israeli-massacre-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=66822","title":{"rendered":"Military-Industrial Complex Making a Killing Off the Israeli Massacre in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"

American Arms Makers Are Making a Killing Off of Israel\u2019s Slaughter in Gaza<\/h1>\n

Major arms and aircraft manufacturers \u2014 Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Raytheon \u2014 are reaping massive profits from Israel\u2019s assault on Gaza, and all are expected to see their earnings boom with the quarter-billion-dollar arms deal the Biden administration is trying to push through.<\/h3>\n

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by Jessica Buxbaum<\/p>\n

G<\/span>AZA \u2014<\/b>\u00a0As diplomatic powers and regional players meet behind closed doors for ceasefire talks, Israel continues showering Gaza with missile fire. Israeli airstrikes have so far killed\u00a0at least 230 Palestinians<\/a>,\u00a0including 65 children<\/a>, and injured 1,710 others. The heavy bombardment has also wiped out entire residential buildings and houses, leaving\u00a072,000 people<\/a>\u00a0homeless, and has destroyed media offices, schools,\u00a0libraries<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0charities<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to the\u00a0(IAF), on Wednesday night Israel fired 120 missiles in the span of 25 minutes. The most recent attack hit the city of Khan Yunis in Gaza, killing one and injuring eight. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) could not provide an exact number of how many bombs are being dropped on Gaza per hour. The IAF did not respond to press inquiries. The\u00a0Times of Gaza<\/i><\/a>,<\/i>\u00a0however, reported that more than 100 airstrikes occurred in a 30 minute period on May 14.<\/p>\n

Amid the rubble, Palestinians in Gaza have found unexploded missiles with writing indicating these bombs were manufactured in the United States. The use of American-made weaponry in Israel\u2019s latest assault on Gaza is renewing discussions on U.S. foreign assistance to Israel and U.S. complicity in Israeli state violence.<\/p>\n

Corporate complicity<\/h2>\n

On his Twitter page, Muhammad Shehada, Gazan writer and analyst manager at Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor, wrote Israel struck the Al-Jalaa Tower, which housed the\u00a0Associated Press<\/i>\u00a0bureau and\u00a0Al Jazeera<\/i>\u00a0offices, with a GBU-31 bomb on Saturday. Israel has also used GBU-39 Small Diameter and Mark 84 bombs in its current onslaught. The GBU-31 and GBU-39 bombs are made by Boeing and the Mark 84 bombs are produced by General Dynamics. Both missiles are manufactured in the U.S.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/muhammadshehad2\/status\/1394245475176493056<\/p>\n

Several posts on Twitter report F-15, F-16 and\u00a0F-35 fighter jets<\/a>\u00a0have also been hovering over Gaza. And for further verification,\u00a0boasts these three warplanes as part of its arsenal.<\/p>\n