What was the breakdown of US military vs economic aid provided to Israel in FY2024 and FY2025?

1. What the official summaries list as “military” assistance

CRS reporting and the FY2025 continuing resolution treat most direct U.S. military assistance to Israel as Foreign Military Financing (FMF) and as Defense Department appropriations. CRS says the FY2024 FMF base level is $3.3 billion and that P.L. 119‑4 (the FY2025 continuing resolution) provides FMF to Israel at that FY2024 base level and includes $3.5 billion in FMF to remain available through FY2025 ^{[1] [2]}. The continuing resolution also included $5.2 billion in defense appropriations described in CRS as missile‑defense funding ($4.0 billion) and $1.2 billion for Israel’s Iron Beam program—amounts treated in CRS reporting as additional defense appropriations rather than standard economic assistance ^{[1] [2]}.

2. Why you see different totals in news coverage

Journalists and think tanks often report cumulative “military aid” by combining FMF, emergency draws, and DOD appropriations or emergency transfers; for example, Associated Press recorded at least $17.9 billion in U.S. military spending for Israel since October 7, 2023, reflecting emergency and supplemental actions distinct from the bilateral annual FMF baseline ^[3]. Academic teams also add operational and regional support costs to arrive at higher totals ^{[4] [5]}. CRS, by contrast, separates statutory FMF and explicit defense appropriations in its tables and text ^{[1] [2]}.

3. What counts as “economic” aid — and what the sources say

CRS materials and U.S. government foreign‑assistance databases classify economic assistance separately from FMF. The sources provided focus heavily on FMF and defense appropriations for FY2024–FY2025 and do not supply a clear FY2024 or FY2025 dollar total labelled “economic aid to Israel” in the excerpts available here. Thus, available sources do not mention a consolidated FY2024–FY2025 economic aid figure for Israel in the materials supplied ^{[1] [2] [6]}.

4. Legislative and administrative nuances you should know

CRS notes statutory anomalies and Israel‑specific lines in P.L. 119‑4: an FY2025 offshore procurement FMF line of $450.3 million (per the U.S.–Israel MOU), reauthorization of Israeli loan guarantees through 2030, and caps and reporting requirements that affect how funds are obligated and shown across fiscal years ^{[1] [2]}. These legislative details mean some dollars legally available in one fiscal year can remain available or be obligated across subsequent years, complicating simple year‑by‑year splits ^[1].

5. Competing perspectives and reporting agendas

Government sources (CRS and State Department summaries) frame the assistance as predictable security cooperation and contractual FMF consistent with longstanding U.S. policy ^{[1] [7]}. Independent reporting and academic analyses highlight the scale of emergency and wartime spending and sometimes combine different categories to show larger totals ^{[3] [4] [5]}. Readers should note that government documents emphasize statutory categories and budgetary technicalities; news outlets and researchers emphasize cumulative operational spending and policy impact—each perspective serves different informational aims ^{[1] [3] [4]}.

6. Bottom line and how to get a definitive split

There is no single line in the provided sources that states “FY2024: $X military, $Y economic; FY2025: $A military, $B economic.” CRS and the FY2025 continuing resolution give the clearest authoritative military figures available here—FMF at $3.3 billion (FY2024 base) carried into FY2025, $3.5 billion in FMF made available through FY2025, plus $5.2 billion in defense appropriations for missile defense and related systems—while separate economic assistance totals are not found in these excerpts ^{[1] [2]}. For a consolidated, audited breakdown, consult ForeignAssistance.gov for obligation‑level data and the CRS report’s detailed tables; those sources are cited here as the authoritative starting points ^{[6] [1]}.