A $6 billion U.S. arms deal for the occupation despite rising criticism over the Gaza massacres.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the United States is preparing to finalize a new arms deal with the Israeli occupation, valued at approximately $6 billion, at a time when criticism is increasing within Congress regarding the crimes committed against civilians in the Gaza Strip.

According to the newspaper, the deal includes a contract worth $3.8 billion to supply the occupation with 30 Apache AH-64 attack helicopters, which means nearly doubling the number of this model in the Israeli Air Force.

The administration of President Donald Trump is also seeking Congressional approval for an additional deal worth $1.9 billion, which includes supplying the Israeli army with 3,250 infantry assault vehicles.

Sources indicated that the delivery of this equipment could take between two to three years, according to documents reviewed by the newspaper.

The disclosure of these deals comes after the U.S. Senate voted on two resolutions presented by Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders, calling for a ban on arms sales to the Israeli occupation due to the large number of civilian casualties in Gaza.

However, the 100-member council blocked the resolutions by a majority of 73 votes to 24, and 70 to 27.

Nevertheless, the vote showed significantly more support than similar attempts in April of last year, when 82 and 83 senators opposed similar proposals.

The votes in favor of the resolutions came solely from the Democratic bloc, while all members of the Republican Party, to which Trump belongs, opposed them.

Sanders considered that the recent vote demonstrates a "significant shift," noting that images of famine and destruction in Gaza are beginning to create increasing divisions within Congress, which has traditionally been overwhelmingly supportive of the Israeli occupation from both parties.

The United States remains the largest military supplier to the Israeli occupation for decades.

According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Washington accounted for about 69% of the arms exports supplied to the occupation between 2019 and 2023, under a ten-year agreement aimed at maintaining what Tel Aviv calls its "qualitative military superiority" in the region.

These deals include bunker-busting bombs and missiles, in addition to high-explosive artillery shells.

Data from the U.S. Department of Defense shows that the United States has sold the occupation military equipment worth $63.3 billion from 1950 to 2024.

In the period between 2020 and 2024 alone, U.S. military sales and military funding for the Israeli occupation exceeded $12.7 billion, coinciding with the ongoing aggression against the Gaza Strip.

Despite the rising international and domestic criticism of Israeli crimes in Gaza, Washington continues to supply the occupation with the latest weapon systems, solidifying its role as a primary source of support for a military arsenal used in a war described by human rights organizations as a campaign of genocide against the Palestinians.