US Senate funding bill includes $4bn for Israel’s Iron Dome, David’s Sling

An emergency funding bill released by US senators on Sunday includes $14.1bn in military aid to Israel out of an overall $118.3bn of funding for national security and foreign aid.

The bill, which still needs to pass the Republican-controlled Senate, includes:

• $4bn for Israel’s “Iron Dome and David’s Sling defense systems to counter short-range rocket threats”
• $1.2bn for the “Iron Beam defense system to counter short-range rocket threats”
• $3.5bn “in foreign military financing to help Israel re-establish territorial security and deterrence”

The bill also provides $2.44bn for US operations in the Red Sea.