The Arrow missile defense system successfully intercepted a surface-to-surface missile heading toward the southern resort city of Eilat early Monday morning, the IDF has said.

No injuries were reported during the incident.

Video: Streak left in the wake of a missile interception over Eilat, July 3, 2024

"Air defense fighters successfully intercepted a surface-to-surface missile headed toward Israeli territory from the Gulf of Aqaba area using the Arrow system," a military spokesperson stated.

The missile launch triggered sirens in Eilat and surrounding areas around 8:57 a.m. local time. Video footage showed the Arrow interceptor missile streaking into the sky above the city.

In northern Israel, sirens also sounded on Monday morning in communities near the Lebanese border after four rockets were fired from Lebanon. One of the projectiles was intercepted by air defenses while the others struck open areas, according to the military.

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A host on the Saudi Al-Arabiya channel has challenged a senior Hamas official over the terror group's tactics in the current war.

In an interview aired Wednesday night, Rasha Nabil questioned the timing of the missile barrage launched from Rafah toward Israeli civilians as the IDF was advancing toward the city.

In response, Razi Hamed, a member of Hamas' political bureau and a close associate of the terror group's Gaza chief Yahya Sinwar, made the unsubstantiated claim that Israel was committing "massacres" in other cities in the strip as well as in the West Bank even though, as he claimed, no rocket attacks were conducted from there. "Does that not justify it? It's a criminal, cruel, Nazi state," he said.

Dissatisfied with Hamed's response, Nabil pressed on, asking whether there was "a specific purpose, a calculated aim, a political goal" to the Rafah missile launches that were otherwise perceived as supporting Israel's claim of Rafah being a terror hub sheltering Hamas terrorists.

Again making an unsubstantiated claim, Hamed insisted that Israel was a state "founded on crime" and, therefore, "does not need justification for its killings."

Israel considers the Rafah operation vital to achieving the two goals it set on Oct. 7: to destroy Hamas and secure the release of the over 100 hostages still held captive by the terror organization, many of them considered to be held in Rafah.

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Nabil is known to challenge senior Hamas officials in her interviews. Just last week, she interviewed Hussam Badran, also a member of the terror group's political bureau, about the blood on captured IDF female soldiers and "violent discourse" toward them.

Badran attempted to justify the terrorists' behaviors by pointing out that the events occurred on a military base, rather than a civilian area. He even tried to suggest that no violence against the soldiers can be observed in the footage, at which point Nabil interjected, saying, "No, there are female soldiers with blood on their faces… and there is violent speech toward them documented in video and audio."

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The IDF announced Thursday the death of a soldier in a Hezbollah tank on a military post in the north.

He was named as Staff Sgt. Haim Sabach, 20, of the Border Defense Corps' 869th Combat Intelligence Collection Unit, from Holon.

Another fighter sustained light injuries in the attack that occurred near Malkia.

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"Israel is working on space warfare capabilities," CEO of Israel Aerospace Industries Boaz Levy revealed in an interview with Israel Hayom on the occasion of the company's 70th anniversary.

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He said that the challenges developing around Israel, especially from Iran, are demanding, but that Israel currently possesses the ability to respond, and is busy with "always staying a step or two ahead."

The last few years have been very profitable for the aerospace industry in particular, and defense industries in general, as the outbreak of the Ukraine war created plenty of opportunities in the field. Western Europe is concerned about the possibility of a larger war, for the first time since World War II, which has led to a significant increase in defense budgets and the procurement of various weapons. According to Levy, the main lesson from the war is the need for integrated systems, so-called systems of systems.

"We can no longer look at individual systems, but one thorough system that gets a continuous picture from satellites in the sky, is based on artificial intelligence elements, which can process large amounts of information and knows how to synchronize defense and weapon systems."

Q: Let's break this down. What is the West mostly interested in now?

"First of all, in defense capabilities – from the way we detect the threat, i.e. different radars and satellites, to complex systems that do air defense such as the Arrow or Barak systems, which is both sea and land. With these systems, you can detect the threat with one radar, activate a battery in another place and release a missile from a third battery."

As part of the increased interest in defense systems, there have been intensive negotiations between the Israeli and German governments with regard to the procurement by Berlin of the Arrow 3 missile defense system at an estimated cost of three billion euros ($3.3 million). 

"We haven't signed yet," Levy said. "There is a triangle of decision makers here – in Germany, Israel, and the United States, because the Arrow system was developed in cooperation with the American Missile Defense Agency. The Arrow system is currently the leader in the world in intercepting ballistic missiles, and Arrow 3 allows interception deep in space, far beyond the atmosphere, so that any missile launched toward a threat area can be dealt with on several occasions.

"This is a system that was born out of an Israeli need to defend ourselves, and it partners with the Barak system – with missiles at ranges of 30, 70 and 150 kilometers, which allow the interception of various types of missiles, including ballistic ones, as well as airplanes, cruise missiles, and drones ".

These threats are relevant not only to Europe, given Russia's use of drones in Ukraine, but also to Israel, which is threatened by the same drones by Iran and its proxies in the region.

"We are in a ring of threat and constantly have to be one or two steps ahead of our enemies. We are constantly busy thinking ahead, which will allow us to stay ahead of the threats around us."

Q: Can you elaborate on Iran? 

"We understand the technological development on the other side, and it is mainly related to the ability to detect and intercept – the need to detect the threat, track it, project its trajectory, and choose the most appropriate point to intercept it. As I said, one system cannot do all of these, because it is a complex response that includes both interceptions outside and inside the atmosphere, and this requires radars of different wavelengths so that we can detect the threat and intercept it."

Q: How would you rate Iran's capabilities at this time? 

"This is an ongoing war, with missiles that have different capabilities, some of which are more successful and some less so, but the score is not bad, and our job is to take all their systems and know how to give them the required response. I think we are not in a bad place at all from what we see."

The space front 

Since the beginning of 2021, the IAI has launched two observation satellites into space: the EROS-C3 advanced observation satellite whose technologies enable high-resolution images and for the first time use of a multi-spectral camera, and Ofek 13, an observation satellite with advanced capabilities. 

"Both are now in space, passing over us every hour and a half and downloading images of unprecedented quality and accuracy for Israel."

Q: Can you explain this in layman's terms? 

"We are all used to pulling out our cell phones and taking photos of quality that is not bad. Now imagine that we pull out our cell phones at an altitude of 500 kilometers above us, and receive a picture of almost similar quality, one that allows us to distinguish significant details and know exactly what is happening."

Q: So much so that you can identify faces? 

"That's still a bit complicated, but I'm sure we'll get there." 

Interestingly, over a decade ago, the IAI was on the verge of going out of business. The prevailing thought was that satellites could be purchased abroad, saving on the major costs of development, launch, and maintenance. However, the information revolution and the need to maintain independence in the intelligence-operational field led to the opposite decision – to increase investment in satellites and to build and launch more satellites into space. 

According to Levy, Israel currently has sufficient coverage in terms of territory but needs more satellites for more continuous coverage, that is, to minimize the time gap between each passage of the satellite over a particular point. As part of these preparations, the Defense Ministry is promoting a space program that will include not only observation satellites but also communication satellites.

"The war in Ukraine has taught us that communication satellites – the ability to receive the broadcasts from the ground and return them – is critical, and is a strategic asset for Israel," he said. 

"I think the world knows that we have very good capabilities in this field, one of the best there is, in all aspects – both in resolution, in wavelength, at day and night time – and therefore there is a lot of interest in what we do."

Q: The world has once again turned its attention to space weapons. Is it something you are also involved in? 

"We are listening, of course, and also thinking about it. The innovation systems in the IAI operate in all areas, and we always try to be ahead of the others. We are studying this subject, and trying to understand how it would be possible to combine capabilities of this type most optimally. This is an area in which all the superpowers are investing, and if you ask me if I see it happening – then yes, I see it happening, but I don't know when it will happen."

Levy also spoke of the Lavi single-engined fourth-generation multirole jet fighter, the development of which caused controversy in Israel, due to the enormous associated costs, and was ultimately nixed by the government after decades of criticism. 

"When you have no choice, you do it," he said. "And when you have another choice – it is not economical to do it. But it is necessary to maintain the ability, and we are maintaining it. The IAI has the only production line in Israel for a jet, albeit a business one, but it is a jet that is fully designed and manufactured here."

Q: And should the need arise, will you also be able to create a jet fighter as well? 

"Assuming there's a need and there's a budget, we will know how to do all of it. We are in this field in all its aspects."

Levy, 61, holds a bachelor's degree in Aeronautical and Space Engineering, and a master's degree in Systems Engineering, both from the Technion in Haifa. He has worked in the aerospace industry since 1989, and most of the time oversaw the development of air and space defense systems and was a member of the founding team of the Arrow Program Directorate. He was appointed interim president of the IAI in November 2020, an appointment that became permanent last year. 

Like his counterparts in the other defense industries, Levy rarely gives interviews – a result of the inherent discretion in the field, the demands of the customers and the sensitivity involved.

His decision to be interviewed by Israel Hayom stems not only from the prosperous business period that the company is going through but also from the timing – the IAI's 70th anniversary which coincides with Israel's celebrations of its 75th Independence Day. 

"The history of the IAI is closely intertwined with the history of the state," Levy said. "It started as a need to provide care for the planes that arrived at the founding of the state. Equipment was brought here, and there was no one to care for the planes and restore them to serviceability, and that's how a factory was established from where today's IAI developed."

Since then, the company has always been there to cater to the state's needs.  

"In the 1960s, when Israel faced an operational problem, the IAI brought [the] Gabriel [skimming anti-ship missile], the first sea-to-sea missile of its kind. And when Israel faced an embargo on transport aircraft, the company invented the Arava [utility transport] aircraft.

"When there was an embargo on fighter jets, the Kfir [all-weather multirole combat aircraft ] and the Lavi were developed, and when there was a need to protect against ballistic missiles, the IAI developed the groundbreaking Arrow system. And there is also the UAV – a real need to bring intelligence with autonomous capabilities, which we already brought in in the 80s, and of course satellites – after we returned [the] Sinai [peninsula to Egypt in 1982 following the 1979 Peace Treaty] and required another eye in place of the returned territory, we brought this eye from space, and this is how the IAI was founded. There is no other company in the world that does all of it." 

Q: So how does Israel do it all? 

"We are a government defense manufacturer that can fulfill the needs of the country. You can talk to us about the most sensitive things and do the most complex operations with us. Our engineers are senior officers in the military, who sit in their units and identify the need or the operational gap, and then return to the factory and work on closing this gap, then return to as part of reserve duty in the units and operate the tools they have developed. This is a unique coming full circle, which connects us to our main customer, the Defense Ministry." 

Such work is being conducted with serious competition from international business rivals. Only about a quarter of the IAI's sales volume is in Israel, and the rest is abroad. According to Levy, technological advantage is the way to win. 

"We are a company of 15,000 employees, of whom 6,000 are engineers, of whom 2,000 have masters degrees and doctorates. They bring us solutions. As a government company, with the salaries set by the state and competition from outside, it is not an easy challenge to maintain this human capital."

The key to winning in this business competition, he said, is in adapting each system to the specific needs of the customer – from the development and production stage to operation and maintenance. In addition, the fact that many of the systems were procured by the IDF and have proven themselves operationally is a significant sales factor against competitors. And as mentioned above, the war in Ukraine, and the urgent need that arose for reliable combat systems, increased the demand to an unprecedented level. 

This was reflected in the IAI financial data as well, which previously fell upon harder times. 

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"We had a few difficult years," Levy admitted. "The industry was rocky, and then the pandemic came, which leveled us all. But COVID was also an opportunity for us, because we showed our customers that we are reliable.

"We worked all over the world during the pandemic, we sent out shipments, we kept up with it. Customers told us that we were the only ones who delivered the products when they needed them, and I think this is part of the change that led to the good performance in the last two years."

In 2022, the IAI  broke a record with sales amounting to approximately $5 billion and new contracts amounting to $7.4 billion, which were added to a backlog of orders that currently stands at approximately $16 billion. 

"Our profitability has also increased and is the highest it has ever been, and we understand that only a company that is profitable will be able to sell worldwide." 

Q: Is privatization or IPO still on the agenda? 

"IAI enjoys the fact that it is a government company, and it will remain a government company forever. Even when we talk about an IPO, we are talking about a minority IPO, and the controlling stake will always remain with the state, because of the very special things we do for Israel's security. And yet, we look forward and strive for an IPO because there are things that need to be changed, such as employee wages or company procurement, which will allow us to be more flexible like other business companies in the market, and I assume that will change after the IPO."

Q: Do you have an idea as to when that will happen?

"There is approval from a ministerial committee from November 2020, and I assume that it will mature in the current government and we will launch a minority IPO. I don't know when exactly this will happen and to what extent, but it should happen in the next year or two so that the IAI will continue to grow as an international company, which will acquire companies abroad and conduct some of its activities there."

Q: Did the Abraham Accords help expand opportunities for the IAI?

"The accords opened our horizons in several aspects. First in regional cooperation, then in technological-business cooperation, and finally in cooperation in weapons systems. There are contacts, there are processes, the issue is under the leadership of the Defense Ministry, and we are doing everything to assist and promote it."

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Russia fired more than 20 cruise missiles and two drones at Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine early Friday, killing at least twelve people and striking a residential building in central Ukraine, officials said.

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Air raid sirens sounded around the capital in the first attack against the city in nearly two months and Ukraine's air force intercepted 11 cruise missiles and two unmanned aerial vehicles over Kyiv, according to the Kyiv City Administration. There were no immediate reports of any missiles hitting targets in Kyiv but fragments from intercepted missiles or drones damaged power lines and a road in one neighborhood. No casualties were reported.

But in Uman, around 215 kilometers (134 miles) south of Kyiv, two cruise missiles hit a nine-story residential building, killing at least six people and wounding 17, according to Ukrainian national police. Three children were rescued from the rubble, police said.

"All the glass flew out, everything flew out, even the chandelier fell. Everything was covered in glass," resident Olha Turina told The Associated Press at the scene. "Then there was an explosion. ... We barely found our things and ran out."

Turina, whose husband is fighting on the front lines, said one of her child's classmates was missing. "I don't know where they are, I don't know if they are alive," she said. "I don't know why we have to go through all this. We never bothered anyone."

One of the people killed in the Uman attack was a 75-year-old who was in her apartment in a neighboring building and suffered internal bleeding from the shockwave of the blast, according to emergency personnel on the scene.

Three body bags lay next to the building as smoke continued to billow hours after the attack. Soldiers, civilians and emergency crews searched through the rubble outside for more victims, while residents dragged belongings out of the damaged building. One woman, crying in shock, was taken away by rescue crews for help.

A 31-year-old woman and her 2-year-old daughter were also killed in the eastern city of Dnipro in another attack, regional Governor Serhii Lysak said. Four people were also wounded, and a private home and business were damaged.

In Kyiv, the anti-aircraft system was activated, according to the Kyiv City Administration. Air raid sirens started at about 4 a.m., and the alert ended about two hours later. The attack was the first on the capital since March 9.

The missiles were fired from aircraft operating in the Caspian Sea region, according to Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander in Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi.

Overall, he said, Ukraine intercepted 21 of 23 Kh-101 and Kh-555 type cruise missiles launched, as well as the two drones.

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The attacks came as NATO announced that its allies and partner countries have delivered more than 98% of the combat vehicles promised to Ukraine during Russia's invasion and war, strengthening Kyiv's capabilities as it contemplates launching a counteroffensive.

Along with more than 1,550 armored vehicles, 230 tanks and other equipment, Ukraine's allies have sent "vast amounts of ammunition" and trained and equipped more than nine new Ukrainian brigades, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said.

Some NATO partner countries, such as Sweden and Australia, have also provided armored vehicles.

The overnight attacks and comments came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping held a "long and meaningful" phone call on Wednesday in their first known contact since Russia's full-scale invasion more than a year ago.

Though Zelenskyy said he was encouraged by Wednesday's call and Western officials welcomed Xi's move, it didn't appear to improve peace prospects.

Russia and Ukraine are far apart in their terms for peace, and Beijing – while looking to position itself as a global diplomatic power – has refused to criticize Moscow's invasion. The Chinese government sees Russia as a diplomatic ally in opposing U.S. influence in global affairs, and Xi visited Moscow last month.

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An Israeli missile strike on Saturday killed at least five pro-Iran terrorists near Damascus and wounded several others, a British war monitor claimed.

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Syria's state news agency SANA quoted a statement by an unnamed military official who said air defenses shot down several incoming surface-to-surface missiles from northern Israel just before noon, which also caused damage in the area.

The report also said that two Syrian soldiers were wounded in the attack.

Israel carries out raids on Syria mostly during nighttime and rarely comments on individual attacks.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor from the Syrian opposition, said the missiles hit northwest of Damascus, killing five Iran-allied militiamen. The Observatory, which relies on a network of activists on the ground, said it was not clear if those killed were Syrians or foreigners.

There was no official word on deaths.

The Observatory said the target was a shipment of weapons and ammunition heading to Lebanon. It had earlier said that the areas hit contain arms depots for Lebanon's Hezbollah terrorist group and positions of the Syrian military and Iran-backed militias.

Saturday's strikes came days after Syria accused Israel of carrying out an attack in the country's south, without offering details.

Israel has launched hundreds of strikes against Iran-linked military targets in Syria over the years but rarely acknowledges or discusses such operations.

Israel has acknowledged it is targeting bases of Iran-allied militias, such as the powerful Hezbollah. It is going after arms shipments believed to be bound for the group, which is a sworn enemy of the Jewish state.

Israel views Iranian entrenchment on its northern frontier as a red line, and it has repeatedly struck Iran-linked facilities and weapons convoys destined for Hezbollah.

According to Israeli and Western intelligence sources, Iran is moving parts of its advanced missile and arms industry into Syrian underground compounds to develop a sophisticated arsenal within range of Israeli population centers.

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North Korea's claim on Friday that it had launched a new type of tactical short-range ballistic missile highlighted military advances by the nuclear-armed state and propelled it to the top of new US President Joe Biden's foreign policy agenda.

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The United States condemned Thursday's launches, which came hours before Biden held his first White House press conference since taking office in January.

When asked if he agreed that North Korea was the top foreign policy issue he faced, Biden replied: "Yes."

Biden had previously left North Korea entirely out of his maiden foreign policy speech in February, and in outlining eight diplomatic priorities earlier in March, his secretary of state didn't focus on North Korea except to list it as one of several countries that pose a challenge.

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The launches, which were North Korea's first ballistic missile tests in nearly a year, underscored steady progress in its weapons program since denuclearization talks with the United States floundered under former President Donald Trump.

Biden said the United States remained open to diplomacy with North Korea despite its missile tests, but warned there would be responses if Pyongyang escalates matters.

South Korea's President Moon Jae-in called the missile test "concerning," saying Seoul, Pyongyang and Washington should not create hurdles for talks.

"Now is the time for the South, the North and the United States to make efforts to continue dialogue. It is never desirable to create difficulties for dialogue," he told a ceremony commemorating soldiers who fought in clashes with the North in 2002 and 2010.

North Korea had been widely expected to conduct some kind of weapons test in the early months of Biden's term as a way of signaling its resolve, gaining practical military capabilities, and boosting its leverage should talks resume.

While North Korea's intentions were not yet entirely clear, Thursday's tests were relatively restrained, said John Delury, a professor at South Korea's Yonsei University.

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"These tests come some time after Biden's inauguration, and they are still at a low enough level that it gives the administration breathing room," he said. "Regardless of North Korea's intentions, however, the effect is to elevate the significance and move it up the administration's agenda."

The State Department said the launches violated multiple UN. Security Council resolutions and threatened the region and the broader international community.

The new weapon is based on existing technology that was improved to carry a 2.5-ton warhead, KCNA reported.

"The development of this weapon system is of great significance in bolstering up the military power of the country and deterring all sorts of military threats," said Ri Pyong Chol, the senior leader who oversaw the test, according to Korean broadcaster KCNA.

Photos released by state media showed a black-and-white painted missile blasting off from a military launch vehicle.

Missile specialists at the California-based James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) said it appeared to be a missile that was unveiled at a major military parade in Pyongyang in October.

KCNA said Thursday's test confirmed the missile's capability to conduct "low-altitude gliding leap type flight mode," a feature that makes such weapons harder to detect and shoot down.

The United Nations Security Council North Korea sanctions committee is due to meet on Friday to discuss the missile tests, at the request of the United States.

The move suggests a measured response by the Biden administration, as the sanctions committee is comprised of lower-level diplomats from the 15 council members, rather than the ambassador-level council that convened after North Korea fired ballistic missiles a year ago.

While rejecting American overtures, North Korea has also used measured language, insisting it will only return to talks if the United States drops hostile policies.

Analysts noted leader Kim Jong Un did not appear to attend the Thursday missile tests, with state media instead showing undated photos of him inspecting new passenger busses in Pyongyang.

Kim has vowed to try to improve living conditions for citizens as North Korea's economy was ravaged by multiple crises, including international sanctions over its weapons programs, natural disasters, and a border lockdown that slowed trade to a trickle in an effort to prevent a coronavirus outbreak.

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Saudi Arabia said Saturday it intercepted a missile attack over its capital and bomb-laden drones targeting a southern province, the latest in a series of airborne assaults it has blamed on Yemen's rebel Houthis.

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The Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen's years-long war announced the Iran-allied Houthis had launched a ballistic missile toward Riyadh and three booby-trapped drones toward the province of Jizan, with a fourth toward another southwestern city and other drones being monitored. No casualties or damage were initially reported. There was no immediate comment from the Houthis.

The attack comes amid sharply rising tensions in the Middle East, a day after a mysterious explosion struck an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman. That blast renewed concerns about ship security in the strategic waterways that saw a spate of suspected Iranian attacks on oil tankers in 2019.

The state-owned Al-Ekhbariya TV broadcast footage of what appeared to be explosions in the air over Riyadh. Social media users also posted videos, with some showing residents shrieking as they watched the fiery blast pierce the night sky, which appeared to be the kingdom's Patriot missile batteries intercepting the ballistic missile.

Col. Turki al-Maliki, the spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition, said the Houthis were trying in "a systematic and deliberate way to target civilians."

The US Embassy in Riyadh issued a warning to Americans, calling on them to "stay alert in case of additional future attacks." Flight-tracking websites showed a number of flights scheduled to land at Riyadh's international airport diverted or delayed in the hour after the attack.

A civil defense spokesman, Mohammed al-Hammadi, later said scattered debris resulted in material damage to one house, though no one was hurt, the state-run Saudi Press Agency reported.

As Yemen's war grinds on, Houthi missile and drone attacks on the kingdom have grown commonplace, only rarely causing damage. Earlier this month the Houthis struck an empty passenger plane at Saudi Arabia's southwestern Abha airport with a bomb-laden drone, causing it to catch fire.

Meanwhile, the Saudi-led coalition has faced widespread international criticism for airstrikes in Yemen that have killed hundreds of civilians and hit non-military targets, including schools, hospitals and wedding parties. US President Joe Biden announced this month he was ending US support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen, including "relevant" arms sales. But he stressed that the US would continue to help Saudi Arabia defend itself against outside attacks.

The Houthis overran Yemen's capital and much of the country's north in 2014, forcing the government into exile and months later prompting Saudi Arabia and its allies to launch a bombing campaign.

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Rafael describes its electro-optic portable shoulder-fired Spike SR missile as a "versatile, lightweight multi-purpose missile" appropriate for use by infantry platoons or sections.

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According to Rafael, the Spike SR is "tailored to the needs of infantry forces in current and future conflicts [and is] optimized for use in a large variety of operational and environmental scenarios."

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The Spike SR has a range of 50-1,500 meters (49-4,900 feet), can engage both stationary and moving targets, and can fire three different types of warheads, including anti-tank.

"The Spike SR offers lethal ability equal to or even greater than weapons that are bigger than it is, including the unique capability of being able to fire within six seconds of a soldier firing it up; the capacity to attack fast-moving targets; and a large attack range," says Gal Papier, director of marketing and business development for the Precision Tactical Weapon Systems Directorate at Rafael.

"These capabilities are in high demand by our customers today, both in preparing for symmetric warfare against armored vehicles, but also in preparation for the hybrid warfare that is a major threat in eastern Europe," he added.

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In the clip, the missile can be seen exploding as it lands. Shortly thereafter, an IDF armored vehicle drives past the main gate of the kibbutz, undamaged.

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On Monday, Hezbollah put out its own "footage" of the missile attack that it claimed showed an IDF base, IDF vehicles, the road that runs along the border, and buildings in Avivim. It did not show any wounded IDF personnel. The Hezbollah video is believed to have been shot using a drone.

The Hezbollah video did show IDF transport trucks that the organization said were carrying battalion commanders. The organization was apparently trying to send the message that it could cause heavy casualties in a strike but had chosen not to do so.

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