Direct proof of use
The public record directly documents the M107 155 mm high-explosive projectile as supplied to Israel during the 2023 Israel-Hamas War. DSCA's December 29, 2023 emergency Foreign Military Sale notice said the original cases included 4,792 rounds of M107 155 mm artillery ammunition, 52,229 rounds of M795 155 mm artillery ammunition, and 30,000 M4 propelling charges; it also said those items had subsequently been delivered.
The later Federal Register arms-sales notification repeated the same M107 quantity, identified the purchaser as the Government of Israel, described the M107 and M795 as standard Army 155 mm high-explosive projectiles, and said the ammunition would be provided from U.S. Army stock. The strongest public evidence therefore supports transfer and delivery to Israel, not a separately dated firing incident involving an individually identified M107 projectile.
Sources: DSCA Israel 155mm Artillery Ammunition, Federal Register Israel 155mm Artillery Ammunition
Timeline
Within two weeks of the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack, Axios reported that Israeli officials said the Israel Defense Forces and Ministry of Defense urgently sought 155 mm artillery shells for a possible Gaza ground operation and escalation risk on the Lebanon border. Axios did not identify M107 rounds specifically, but it places the later M107 sale inside a documented wartime demand for 155 mm ammunition.
On December 29, 2023, DSCA announced that the Secretary of State had approved an emergency sale of M107 155 mm projectiles and related equipment to Israel and waived normal congressional-review timing under the Arms Export Control Act. The Federal Register version, published on December 26, 2024, recorded the same notification and stated that the original M107, M795, and M4 quantities had subsequently been delivered.
Sources: Axios Israel Artillery Shells, DSCA Israel 155mm Artillery Ammunition, Federal Register Israel 155mm Artillery Ammunition
Narrative
In this conflict, the M107 appears as conventional 155 mm high-explosive ammunition supplied to Israel rather than as a separately operated platform. The U.S. notification treated the M107 projectiles, M795 projectiles, propelling charges, fuzes, primers, and other ancillaries as a combined artillery-ammunition package drawn from U.S. Army stock.
The Federal Register annex describes the M107 and M795 as standard U.S. Army 155 mm high-explosive projectiles capable of being fired from many 155 mm howitzers in service around the world. It also describes the associated fuzes, charges, and primers as the components that allow such projectiles to be prepared and fired by a howitzer crew.
The sourced record separates three claims: Israel requested and received M107 projectiles through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales process; those projectiles were part of a broader wartime 155 mm ammunition package during the Israel-Hamas War; and public reporting described Israeli wartime demand for 155 mm artillery shells. The sources reviewed here do not publicly connect a named M107 projectile lot to a specific strike, target, or fire mission in Gaza or on another front.
Sources: Federal Register Israel 155mm Artillery Ammunition, DSCA Israel 155mm Artillery Ammunition, Axios Israel Artillery Shells
