At least 60 people died on Monday in several bombings of Israel in the east of Lebanon, according to a “non-definitive” balance of the Lebanese Ministry of Health, that records bombings in several locations in the region of Baalbek and the valley of Bekah, strongholds of Hezbollah.
“Sixty martyrs and 58 wounded in a non-definitive balance of bombings by the Israeli enemy in Baalbek-Hermel and the [valle de] Scholarship,” the ministry said in a statement. Among the victims are two childrenaccording to the same source.
This day is “the most violent” in Baalbek since the start of the war in September, the governor of the province stated in X, Bashir Khodor. “They continue operations to clean the debris” in the affected towns, the ministry said.
The conflict between Israel and the Lebanese Islamist movement Hezbollah became open war on September 23. Since then, the Israeli army has bombed pro-Iranian militia strongholds daily.
With this balance, not definitive, of the bombings on Monday, the Israeli attacks in Lebanon They have caused more than 1,700 deaths since September 23, according to an AFP count based on official Lebanese data.
Israel will invest US$530 million in the laser air defense system
The Ministry of Defense of Israel announced this Monday that will allocate US$530 million to promote the development of an air defense system with laser known as “Iron Beam” (“Iron Lightning”).
“The Ministry of Defense signed an important agreement valued at approximately 2 billion shekels to significantly expand the acquisition of laser interception systems ‘Iron Beam'”, the institution indicated in a statement.
This system, which is added to other means of anti-aircraft defense, Above all, it will allow the army to intercept drones more effectively. The drones, widely used by the Lebanese Islamist movement Hezbollah against Israel, evaded Israeli air defense on several occasions, causing civil victims and military.
The general director of the ministry, Eyal Zamir, cited in the statement, he specified that the laser anti-aircraft defense system will in principle be operational within a year. They will be in charge of development Rafael Advanced Systems and the company Elbit Systems.
Israel has a multi-layered anti-aircraft and anti-missile umbrella, made up of the Arrow systems and “David’s sling”, specifically designed for intercept ballistic missilesand with the system “Iron Dome”, which intercepts shorter range rockets and missiles.
Source: Ambito
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