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Trump says U.S. will end $3.8 billion Israeli military aid

FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky reports that Israeli defense and finance officials were surprised by the announcement, with no public confirmation from Netanyahu.

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Trump cuts Israeli military aid: $3.8 billion in security assistance slashed • FRANCE 24 English

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0:20Tarnopolsky explains that annual security assistance comes from a decade-long agreement and largely funds American-made weapons.
1:45Netanyahu had not publicly confirmed the agreement Trump announced, Tarnopolsky reports.
2:00Israel's defense and finance ministries and military were surprised by the announcement, according to Tarnopolsky.
3:07Tarnopolsky describes Netanyahu-Zamir disagreements over Iran and the implications for military procurement planning.

Benjamin Netanyahu had not publicly confirmed the agreement Donald Trump described, FRANCE 24's Jerusalem correspondent Noga Tarnopolsky reports. That gap is central to the broadcaster's discussion of Trump's announcement that Washington would stop providing annual security assistance to Israel after the end of the year.

The report drew about 237,000 views in its first 12 hours, an unusually strong start for FRANCE 24 English. Its separate reports on Israel's uncertain path to a government, the U.S. midterms and American strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island also drew faster-than-usual audiences.

Tarnopolsky explains that the assistance is part of a decade-long agreement and largely pays for American-made weapons. "What it means, by and large, is that Israel acquires US-made armaments with this money," she says. Ending that funding would therefore affect military purchasing and defense planning, rather than simply remove an unrestricted payment.

Asked whether Netanyahu had agreed to the measure, Tarnopolsky says he had not spoken publicly about it. She reports that Israel's Defense and Finance Ministries, along with the military, were caught by surprise.

The discussion then turns to the practical consequences: procurement planning for the following year and the prospect of renewed conflict with Iran. Tarnopolsky describes friction between Netanyahu and military chief Eyal Zamir over that prospect, reporting that Zamir opposed it on the grounds that there was no military justification.

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The facts

Channel: FRANCE 24 English
Subscribers: 3,700,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 8,226,225
Channel views, pace per day: 1,617,153 (on a normal day: 1,229,007)
Video published: November 3, 2026
Video views so far: 236,978 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 343,456

The numbers

The aid report drew an unusually large early audience for FRANCE 24 English, with substantially more comments than its regular videos usually receive on their first day.

the video's first day

usual first day here

11,840

this video

343,456

subscribers

3,700,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,777,475,988

views per day

1,617,153