[Ynet News] Yitzhak Benhorin - The U.S. Congress has approved doubling the stockpiles of American military equipment stored in Israel in case of an emergency in the Middle East. Israel is also allowed to use the stockpiles in case of emergency, and much of the American equipment was used in the summer war in Lebanon. The value of the equipment now stored in Israel amounts to $100 million and the American government approved doubling its value to $200 million in the coming year.
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