The United States resumed oil imports from Russia in October 2023 after a break of one and a half years, according to data from the US statistical service.According to RIA Novosti, the first delivery after the break amounted to 36.8 thousand barrels...
You get the sense that the war was to cut off Europe’s access to Russian oil and make them buy from the US instead.
It just happens that Gaza sits on natural gas, and it plays into the US’s desire to control Europe’a access to energy.