Public scrutiny over navy support to Israel has mounted within the wake of its warfare in Gaza following Hamas’s lethal Oct. 7 assault and amid considerations over the rising civilian loss of life toll.
A handful of nations have supplied Israel with lots of of tens of millions of {dollars} price of weaponry and navy gear since October, though the small print of many transfers stay shrouded in secrecy. America and Germany — which provide the overwhelming majority of Israel’s imported arms — say the transfers are important to help Israel’s safety.
This month, the Worldwide Court docket of Justice started listening to a authorized problem over German arms exports to Israel, whereas the 47-member U.N. human rights council handed a nonbinding decision calling for the tip of the “sale, switch and diversion of arms, munitions and different navy gear” to Israel. Right here’s what to know.
