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The Pentagon announced that it’s awarded Boeing with a nearly $8.6 billion contract to provide Israel with F-15 fighter jets this week, as Israel lists several dozen humanitarian groups that it’s banning from Gaza as part of its ongoing genocide, including Doctors Without Borders.

The contract involves the design, manufacturing, and delivery of 25 new F-15IA jets, with the option for 25 more. The work will be carried out at Boeing’s plant in St. Louis, Missouri, and is expected to be finished by the end of 2035, the Department of Defense said in a statement.

Israel had signed a $5.2 billion deal to buy F-15s in late 2024, with the cost potentially having been increased due to the option for more jets, Defense News writes. The contract is part of the U.S.’s F-15 Israel Program.

Israel has used F-15s heavily in its military aggression in the Middle East, including in its ongoing genocide in Gaza, as........

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