US failed to track $13.4 billion of weapons sent to ‘Israel’

• A Pentagon audit found that over $13.4 billion in military aid to ‘Israel’ was not properly tracked, including four million munitions deployed rapidly between October 2023 and April 2024.
• Tracking for sensitive defense articles dropped from 69% to 44% during the conflict, a lapse attributed to staffing shortages that investigators warn increases the risk of weapons falling into unauthorized hands.

A recent report from the Pentagon's Inspector General revealed big lapses in the tracking of US military aid to ‘Israel’, amounting to over $13.4 billion since the onset of the assault on Gaza in October 2023.

The audit shows that US officials were unable to properly monitor a substantial portion of weapons and equipment provided to the ‘Israeli’ military.

The report specifies that between October 2023 and April 2024, 42 deliveries comprising more than four million munitions were not adequately tracked, primarily because the items were rapidly deployed in combat operations.

Prior to the war, the Pentagon accounted for 69 percent of defense products requiring enhanced monitoring, but this figure declined to 44 percent amid heightened hostilities.

The untracked items potentially include aviation munitions, artillery shells, and small arms ammunition, though exact classifications remain undisclosed.

These deficiencies are attributed to staffing shortages and shifts in ‘Israel's’ military operations, which complicated monitoring protocols.

Investigators noted that such issues increase the risk of US weapons falling into unauthorized hands.

This is not the first instance of such accountability failures. The report draws parallels to US arms transfers to Iraq between 2013 and 2017, where similar tracking shortfalls occurred without subsequent corrective measures.

Broader Pentagon audits have also exposed widespread asset mismanagement, with the department unable to account for 63 percent of its nearly $4 trillion in assets as of late 2025.

In the context of escalating US-‘Israel’ military cooperation, arms transfers have surged dramatically.

A Wall Street Journal investigation in November 2025 documented an unprecedented $32 billion in US weapons supplied to ‘Israel’ since 2023, driven by the war on Gaza.

Additionally, the Quincy Institute reported that arms sales notified to Congress since January 2025 total at least $10.1 billion, including advanced systems.

The Gaza war has proven highly profitable for US defense contractors, with major firms experiencing revenue boosts from replenishing ‘Israel's’ stockpiles of weapons used during the aggression.