US Senate unanimously approved an additional $225 million in funding for Israel despite Tel Aviv’s deadly war on the Gaza Strip. Last Friday the US Senate rushed through a legislation to provide the money for Israel’s “Iron Dome” missile system, which is a short-range rocket defense system designed to intercept rockets and artillery shells fired from a range of between four and 80 kilometers.

The US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says the Senate vote is a much-needed signal to Tel Aviv that the US is there when Israel needs it.

Efforts in the Senate to approve the money first stalled on Thursday after an objection over the cost blocked the bill.

The US funding plan to Israel must still pass the House of Representatives and be signed by President Barack Obama to become law.The US Senate vote came two days after the Pentagon announced ammunition deliveries to Israel.

It is said the US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel recently sent a letter to congressional leadership requesting $225 million in additional US funding for the Iron Dome.

Source: ultimate Media Consult & Agencies