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Yes, because that's the whole point of war. Always has been. There might be a tangled web of parties involved, but money is always the consistent thread through it all.
Heavily decorated veteran Major General Smedley Butler was campaigning about this nearly 100 years ago.
Why didn’t they try to stop this war then?
People have been campaigning for peace in the Palestine region for longer than anyone's been alive. It's just that people pushing for war, driven by profit, have been far more effective.
What's interesting to look at, I think, is how restraint has been developed over the years. WW1 and WW2 were no doubt a big boon for the war industry, but at the same time because war was everywhere it had plenty of negative effects on the manufacturers and dealers themselves. Now, manufacturing and selling is kept safely away from the actual war itself.
You can make money from weapons without having to use them. For example if I had an a-bomb on a dead man’s switch I could walk around making all sorts of crazy demands much like countries do and no one has had to use one since shortly after they were invented. Your neighbours knowing you’re armed to the teeth will have an impact on their behaviour and you don’t have to fire a single bullet. Admittedly once you have full stockpiles of ammo you don’t need to buy until you start using it. I think this is why so much goes into r and d too keep it as a psychological deterrent for your enemies.
Sorry I just read the context of this reply. Clearly Israel’s enemy don’t give a shit what kind of weapons they have