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Towards the end of their 34-day war in 2006, the Israeli Army sent tanks into southern Lebanon. Advertisement"Out of the 400 tanks involved in the fighting in southern Lebanon, 48 were hit, 40 were damaged, and 20 penetrated. Israeli tanks suffered losses to Hezbollah during their 2006 war in Lebanon. Any cross-border incursion by Israeli armor would undoubtedly have cover and protection from accompanying infantry, artillery, aircraft, and drones. "The idea is that the first missile is taken out by an Israeli tank's Trophy defense system, but (that active protection system) doesn't have time to counter the second missile.
Persons: , That's, Hassan Nasrallah, Israel, Nicholas Heras, Ryan Bohl, RANE, Nicholas Blanford, Blanford, RANE's Bohl, Spike ATGMs, Heras Organizations: Service, Business, Hezbollah, New Lines Institute, Israeli Army, GALI TIBBON, Getty, East, Hamas, Atlantic Council, Israel, IDF Locations: Israel, Iran, Lebanon, Lebanese, Russian, Wadi Saluki, Wadi Hujeir, GALI, Gaza, North Africa, Iranian
Those losses have come despite the sophistication of Israeli tanks and Israel's experience using them. AdvertisementThe recent images of an advanced Israeli Merkava tank blazing on the Gaza border evokes memories of another October war 50 years ago. Nonetheless, about 20 Israeli tanks have been knocked out over the past two months by Hamas, an irregular force that lacks advanced weaponry. Tanks of 1973An Israeli tank in the Golan Heights during the Yom Kippur War in October 1973. Hamas drones dive-bombing Israeli tanks is probably more of a rare occurrence than a decisive tactic — though the IDF has mounted steel cages on its tanks for protection.
Persons: Israel, , Oleg Granovsky, Henri, Patton, GABRIEL DUVAL, Benami NEUMANN, Israel Tal, Tal, Samuel Katz, Hani Alshaer, Sagger, Abu Mustafa, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, Hamas, Hamas Press, Getty, Business, IDF, Sherman, NATO, Rommel's, Israeli Armored Corps, Getty Images Israel, West Bank, Britain, Anadolu Agency, REUTERS, Centurions, Defense, Foreign Policy, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Israeli, Gaza, Kippur, Ukraine, Anadolu, Golan, Israel, British, Soviet, Damascus, AFP, Britain, France, West, Jenin, Lebanon, Russian, Gaza City, Urban, Hamas, Sinai, aren't, Forbes
Israel may be about to export its workhorse Merkava tank for the first time. Israel isn't selling the newest version of the 45-year-old Merkava tank family, the Merkava 5, or even the Merkava 4, which is used in front-line Israeli armored units. An Israeli Merkava tank in the Negev desert in November 1997. Israel Defense Forces/Michael ShvadronThough Israel is small, home to less than 10 million people, it's one of the world's top 10 arms exporters. If Merkava tanks are sold overseas, they may yet end up on surprising battlefields.
Persons: Yair Koles, Israel isn't, Antoine GYORI, Merkava, Mark, Michael Shvadron, Israel —, Efraim Inbar, MENAHEM KAHANA, Recep Erdogan, Michael Peck Organizations: Israel, Service, Israel's Ministry of Defense, Haaretz, Cypriot, El, Getty, Israel Defense Forces, United Arab, Morocco —, US Army, Jerusalem Institute for Strategy, Security, Polisario, Iranian, Defense, Foreign Policy, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Israel, Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Arab, European, Turkey, Cyprus, Morocco, Spanish, El Espanol, Israeli, Soviet, Lebanon, Israel's, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Algeria, AFP, Turkish, Russian, Europe, Eastern, Merkavas, Russia, Syria, Iran, North Korea, Forbes
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