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☆ Watch: Israel Orders Evacuation of Northern City
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Israel on Friday announced the evacuation of Kiryat Shmona, a city of some 22,000 people close to the Lebanese border. On Thursday, three residents of Kiryat Shmona were injured when a barrage of rockets were launched toward Israeli military sites and towns from the Lebanese side of the border. The Israeli military launched airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon in retaliation. The rocket attacks on Kiryat Shmona were the first big hit on a major urban center in the north since the war began. Kiryat Shmona was repeatedly targeted by Hezbollah during the 2006 war with Israel.

Persons: Kiryat Shmona Organizations: Friday, Israel’s Ministry of Defense, Hezbollah, Lebanese Locations: Kiryat Shmona, Lebanese, Kiryat, Lebanon, Israel

“We have no evidence or proof” that Iran was behind the attack, Maj. Nir Dinar, a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces, told Politico on Monday. More recently, Tehran has stepped up the training assistance it provides Hamas inside Iran, according to a former Western defense official. Hamas received Iranian weapons and military technology, and learned from the Iranians about planning operations. “Everything we have seen in the last four days, we can’t say it’s an Iranian plan or an Iranian effort,” Milshtein said. “It’s a Hamas plan that got Iranian help.”Searching for a motivationUS intelligence officials are also working to understand Hamas’ immediate motivation for launching the attack.

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☆ Israel says US approved record-breaking Arrow missile defense deal to Germany
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Benjamin Brown | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The US has approved Israel’s request to sell the Arrow-3 missile system to Germany, the Israeli defense ministry said Thursday, in what will become Israel’s largest ever defense deal. The approval paves the way for Israel and Germany to sign a landmark $3.5 billion defense agreement, according to the Israeli defense ministry. Israel will sell the Arrow-3 missile system to Germany, which is designed to intercept ballistic missiles that can travel outside the atmosphere. Israel Ministry of Defense/Xinhua/Getty ImagesIsrael and the United States have been jointly developing the multi-billion-dollar Arrow missile defense system since 1986. Senior Israeli and German officials will sign a letter of commitment worth $600 million to enable immediate work on the project, the Israeli ministry spokesperson said.

Persons: Yoav Gallant, ” Gallant, ” Organizations: CNN, US Department of State, Israel’s Ministry of Defense, Israel Ministry of Defense, Xinhua, Getty Images Israel, Arrow, Senior Locations: Germany, Israel, United States

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