Besides repeatedly criticizing Israel's military campaign in Gaza and calling it "genocide," Ocasio-Cortez voted against an amendment to the defense spending bill on Friday. The amendment by Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene, R-Ga., would have removed funding for Israel's missile defense systems.

Houthi forces launched a missile toward Israel after the IDF carried out drone strikes on Yemen’s Hodeidah port, a key hub allegedly used to import Iranian weapons. The Israeli military said the missile was intercepted by its Iron Dome defense system with no injuries reported.