This is just another incident in a long list that goes back decades of Israel getting carte blanche to do whatever they want to the US with little to no repercussion. The most famous probably being USS Liberty (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident)
Really? Have you actually read the Wikipedia page you're referring to?
50 years ago during a full scale war with all surrounding countries, Israel accidentally (as determined by US investigation) hit a "spy-ship" near Egypt (one if the countries participating in the war).
Israel subsequenly paid around 70 million $ in compensation for the families.
