Shaniyat Turani-Chodhury | Mondoweiss
Shipping records obtained by Mondoweiss show New York's JFK Airport is a key transit hub for U.S. weapons parts headed to Israel's genocide in Gaza.
On July 16, 2025, a Boeing 747 operated by Challenge Airlines lifted off from JFK Airport in New York. The cargo manifest listed a 347-kilogram shipment from Lockheed Martin. Inside was a BRU-68 bomb release unit, a mechanism that allows an F-35 fighter jet to drop 2,000-pound bombs.
The flight's final stop was Nevatim Air Base in southern Israel, home to the F-35I fleet bombing Gaza.
This was not an isolated transfer. Internal shipping records shared by the Palestinian Youth Movement, and cross-referenced with public flight-tracking data, reveal a steady flow of U.S.-made weapons components moving from New York to Israel. Parts for fighter jets, missile launchers, and ammunition have routinely left JFK on commercial cargo flights while Israel's air campaign destroys homes, schools, and hospitals.
These shipments started before the current genocide, but have increased greatly since October 7, 2023. They continue now despite mounting evidence of war crimes and calls for an arms embargo. What they reveal is that New York City is a crucial logistical hub in the supply chain arming Israel's assault.
Between July 2 and July 23, at least six arms shipments from JFK to Israel were verified through waybills, flight data, and internal records provided to Mondoweiss. These findings add new depth to earlier reporting in The Intercept and The Ditch, showing how JFK Airport has become a critical link in Israel's military supply chain.
"What these records show is that the genocide in Gaza isn't only manufactured in Washington — it's facilitated right here in New York," said Kaleem Hawa of the Palestinian Youth Movement. "JFK has become a gateway for the weapons that are killing our people."
These flights and their deadly cargo reveal the logistics networks arming Israel's genocide in Gaza that, for many in the U.S., is hiding in plain sight.
On July 16, 2025, a Boeing 747 operated by Challenge Airlines lifted off from JFK Airport in New York. The cargo manifest listed a 347-kilogram shipment from Lockheed Martin. Inside was a BRU-68 bomb release unit, a mechanism that allows an F-35 fighter jet to drop 2,000-pound bombs.
The flight's final stop was Nevatim Air Base in southern Israel, home to the F-35I fleet bombing Gaza.
This was not an isolated transfer. Internal shipping records shared by the Palestinian Youth Movement, and cross-referenced with public flight-tracking data, reveal a steady flow of U.S.-made weapons components moving from New York to Israel. Parts for fighter jets, missile launchers, and ammunition have routinely left JFK on commercial cargo flights while Israel's air campaign destroys homes, schools, and hospitals.
These shipments started before the current genocide, but have increased greatly since October 7, 2023. They continue now despite mounting evidence of war crimes and calls for an arms embargo. What they reveal is that New York City is a crucial logistical hub in the supply chain arming Israel's assault.
Between July 2 and July 23, at least six arms shipments from JFK to Israel were verified through waybills, flight data, and internal records provided to Mondoweiss. These findings add new depth to earlier reporting in The Intercept and The Ditch, showing how JFK Airport has become a critical link in Israel's military supply chain.
"What these records show is that the genocide in Gaza isn't only manufactured in Washington — it's facilitated right here in New York," said Kaleem Hawa of the Palestinian Youth Movement. "JFK has become a gateway for the weapons that are killing our people."
These flights and their deadly cargo reveal the logistics networks arming Israel's genocide in Gaza that, for many in the U.S., is hiding in plain sight.
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