After nearly a year of delays, Israel received a long-awaited shipment of U.S. heavy aerial bombs, including 2,000-pound MK-84 munitions, which were unloaded at the Port of Ashdod.
Despite the war in Gaza, which has heightened tensions between Israel and much of the Arab world, economic and defense cooperation between Morocco and the Jewish state have remained strong.
The operation included drone strikes, ground forces, and airstrikes to dismantle terrorist infrastructure, destroying IEDs, and weapons caches, including a bomb hidden in a washing machine.
During searches in southern Lebanon, forces discovered a significant cache of weapons, including Kornet missiles, grenades, and Kalashnikov rifles, which were all confiscated or destroyed.
During the mission, the soldiers uncovered five weapons depots containing over 200 mortar shells, loaded launchers, vests, and a buried launcher, all of which were seized and destroyed.
The shipment, which included chlorine IEDs, sniper rifles, rockets, and mortars, highlights the ongoing conflict as Iran and its proxies escalate attacks on Israeli civilians.
Iran and Hezbollah set up secret routes through Syria to Lebanon, moving thousands of trucks and planes filled with missiles and weapons components over the years to strategic storage sites.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have recently launched precision strikes to dismantle these sites, confirming the presence of weapons through secondary explosions.
Hezbollah has been targeting Israeli civilians and weaponizing civilian infrastructure in Southern Lebanon, prompting the IDF to carry out targeted strikes to neutralize these threats.
Dr. Gilad Noam's testimony to the ICJ unveiled the presence of 50 tunnels crossing into Egypt, these tunnels serve to re-arm Hamas and potentially facilitate the smuggling of Hamas leaders or hostages out of Gaza.
The decision "underscores the United States' ironclad support for the Israel Defense Forces and the Israeli people," said the U.S. secretary of defense.
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The Indian Navy has purchased the IDF's SMASH 2000, a smart rifle sight that increases shooting accuracy for a variety of targets, both stationary and mobile.
Ismail Haniyeh said that support for the Palestinians must be upgraded from support through 'soft power' to support by means of money, weapons, and political strategy.