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  • Read more about General Dynamics

The world's sixth largest weapons manufacturer, General Dynamics, supplies Israel with artillery ammunition and bombs for attack jets used in Israel’s assault on Gaza.

The company developed the F-16 fighter jet, although it has been manufactured by Lockheed Martin since 1993.

  • Read more about Ford Motor Company

A U.S. automaker whose commercial pickup trucks are armored and retrofitted for the Israeli military by AM General (see above), Oshkosh (see below), and Plasan (see below).

The Ford Super Duty F-350 XL pickup truck, for example, serves as the basis of Plasan's SandCat light armored vehicle. On Dec. 6, a U.S. cargo plane delivered SandCat vehicles to Israel.

  • Read more about Emtan Karmiel

A privately-held Israeli firearm manufacturer that, within a week of Oct. 7, delivered some 12,000 rifles to the Israeli military and other security forces.

  • Read more about Elbit Systems

Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer, Elbit Systems is one of the primary suppliers of weapons and surveillance systems to the Israeli military, including Skylark and Hermes military UAV drones, which form the majority of Israel’s fleet of large drones and have been used extensively in Gaza.

  • Read more about DJI

A privately owned Chinese commercial drone manufacturer.

The Israeli military has been using its drones for multiple purposes, including most recently as small "assassin drones" in Gaza.

  • Read more about Day & Zimmermann

A privately owned munitions manufacturer headquartered in Philadelphia. It operates the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (IAAP), which has been the source of much of the artillery munitions used by the Israeli military, including 155mm rounds, fired by Israel's M109 howitzer guns, and 120mm M830A1 High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) rounds, fired by Israel's Merkava battle tanks.

  • Read more about Corsight AI

Corsight developed an AI-based facial recognition application for the Israeli military to conduct mass surveillance of Palestinians in Gaza. According to the New York Times, "Israeli soldiers entering Gaza were given cameras equipped with the technology. Soldiers also set up checkpoints along major roads that Palestinians were using to flee areas of heavy fighting, with cameras that scanned faces."

  • Read more about Colt's Manufacturing Company

Colt’s Manufacturing Company makes firearms, including the M16, which was the standard-issue assault rifle used by the Israeli military from the 1990s to the early 2010s. Many older M16 rifles are still in use by the Israeli military and police.

  • Read more about Cisco

Between November 2023 and January 2024, the Israeli military purchased over $2 million worth of Cisco servers and associated "professional services."

Cisco hardware powers the Israeli military's central data center, which integrates hundreds of combat, intelligence, and command and control systems.

The company also provides the Israeli military with its Unified Communications System, which enables information sharing among different military units, and its Webex video conferencing system.

  • Read more about Cellebrite

During its genocidal attacks on Gaza, Israel has used Cellebrite tools to harvest data from the phones of thousands of Palestinians who were captured and kidnapped from Gaza. While Israeli media claimed that these individuals were all members of militant groups, the Israeli military later admitted that the vast majority were civilians.

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