State Department spokesperson Matt Miller isn’t sure of much when it comes to Israel’s war on Gaza.

He doesn’t know how much military aid the U.S. has given to Israel during its war, even though his department oversees such assistance.

He doesn’t know how many billions of dollars, above the annual baseline of $3.3 billion in aid to Israel, have been appropriated in supplemental funding.

He knows additional money has been allocated but doesn’t know how much. “There are different ways of looking at it,” said Miller.

The only thing Miller is sure of is that a new comprehensive report by the Costs of War Project at Brown University on U.S. spending on Israel’s military operations and related U.S operations is dead wrong.

Costs of War Project tallied up at least $22.76 billion in military aid since October 7, 2023.

A sophisticated analysis by the Costs of War Project tallied up at least $22.76 billion in military aid when combining approved U.S. security assistance to Israel since October 7, 2023; supplemental funding for regional operations; and estimated additional costs of operations, such as strikes against Houthi forces in Yemen. That figure includes $17.9 billion the U.S. government........

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