Smoke rises in northern Gaza due to Israeli shelling (French)

Since October 4300, the Israeli army has carried out more than <>,<> raids on the Gaza Strip with thousands of tons of bombs and explosives.

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said that Israel had dropped more than 25,1086 tons of explosives on the Gaza Strip, equivalent to two nuclear bombs, as of November <>. An average of <>,<> tons of explosives were dropped on Gaza every day.

Most of the heavy bombs dropped on the Gaza Strip belong to the MK-80 family manufactured in the United States, and this type of bomb entered service since the Vietnam War, and was used extensively during the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, and was originally designed as conventional weapons with free fall, but was updated and developed using advanced technical targeting devices that turned them into "smart bombs".

These bombs are manufactured in different sizes and types, classified according to the total weight of the weapon: 120 kilograms, 250 kilograms, 500 kilograms and 1000 kilograms.

The 1000,16-kilogram bomb costs $25,<> in the U.S. military and is sold for about $<>,<> to allied militaries for the conventional version.

According to the New York Times, the United States recently provided Israel with $320 million worth of precision-guided bomb equipment, which turns conventional bombs into smart bombs.

The Israeli army also has US-made GBU-28 bombs, weighing 2100,300 kilograms, containing high explosives, and designed to penetrate fortified targets deep underground, and it is not known how many of these bombs Israel has, but the price of each bomb is about $ <>,<>.

Part of the great destruction caused by Israel's bombing of the Gaza Strip (French)

Military Manufacturing Companies

Major U.S. arms manufacturers saw significant spikes in their shares as a result of the war in Gaza, with Lockheed Martin, a major U.S. defense contractor, reporting a significant increase in the price of its shares from 0.85% on October 8 to 93.2020% on October <>. It was the largest increase in the company's share price since March <>.

Similarly, RTX Corp. and Northrop Grumman, respectively, saw their share prices increase from 0.56% and 0.75% to 4.62% and 11.4% in the same period.

General Dynamics also posted its biggest gains on Oct. 10, up nearly <> percent.

The rise in profits of U.S. arms companies is mainly due to Israel's growing demand for weapons, which Israel says has used more than 10,<> bombs and rockets in the Gaza Strip, necessitating a significant increase in military capabilities.

More than 70 percent of Israel's arms purchases originate in the United States, as evidenced by the increased revenues of major U.S. arms suppliers since the war began.


Israeli Companies

All military production machines in Israel have been operating non-stop, around the clock for more than a month, including weekends, providing hundreds of assault rifles every day to IDF units fighting on the front, reserve classes that arm themselves, and personal pistols to civilians, as reported by the Hebrew economic newspaper Calcallist.

"Since the beginning of the war, more than 190,<> gun licensing applications have been submitted to the Department of Homeland Security," the newspaper reported.

The war on Gaza has taken over the entire Israeli arms industry. While many companies have closed, the Israeli arms industry has never registered such demands since the establishment of the state."

Source : Al Jazeera