Iron Dome

Israel has begun field deployment of its “game-changing” Iron Beam laser air defense system, according to the country’s Defense Ministry, which confirmed the technology is now operating as part of the country’s layered missile defense network, with its combat performance expected to inform U.S. missile defense planning.

Israel announced Wednesday the operational deployment of the Iron Beam, the world’s first high-energy laser defense system ready for combat, a breakthrough officials hailed as a strategic game-changer in modern warfare.

In a rare disclosure, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) revealed that a long-classified electronic warfare unit has played a “significant” role in intercepting waves of Iranian drones, thwarting dozens of UAV attacks using advanced digital countermeasures since the war began.

Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system is seeing a “significant leap” in performance, according to the country’s Ministry of Defense, which stated the tests proved its ability to counter evolving regional threats.

Israel’s cutting-edge Iron Beam laser defense system is set to become operational by the end of 2025, according to Defense Minister Israel Katz, who highlighted its role in enhancing national security and deterring future threats.

The Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMoD) signed a deal Thursday with Israeli military contractor Rafael to produce more Iron Dome missiles locally, using money from an $8.7 billion military aid package provided by the U.S.

The U.S. Marines have successfully tested a modified version of Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system, which was invented in Israel and developed with funding from the United States.

Israel’s defense ministry announced Monday that it had acquired a new laser beam system for downing projectiles — one that will not replace the Iron Dome missiles, but will run alongside it, and that will be much cheaper to operate.

Iran’s “moderate” President Masoud Pezeshkian told a cabinet meeting on Wednesday that his country’s failed missile barrage against Israel was a “great source of pride” that “proved the Israeli regime’s Iron Dome system is more fragile than glass.”

The Israel Heritage Foundation led a historic mission to Israel with a high-level U.S. delegation to express solidarity with the Jewish state and its residents, as well as to gain a firsthand understanding of Israel’s existential struggle, meeting with prominent Israeli policymakers and visiting key sites, including the “Ground Zero” of Hamas’s October 7 massacre.

Iran’s state-controlled PressTV on Monday quoted officials from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who claimed they launched “hypersonic missiles” at Israel on Saturday night and that the fast-moving weapons were able to evade Israel, the U.S., and all of their allies to strike their targets in Israel.

Iran-backed Shiite militias in Iraq claimed responsibility for five drone and missile attacks against targets in Israel.

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) responded to criticism of his stance on Israel by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) by stating that Omar’s opposition to funding the Iron Dome “would have led to even more

Democrats blocked American taxpayer funding for Israel’s Iron Dome multiple times during the last major conflict with Hamas in 2021.

The U.S. Marines will purchase three Iron Dome batteries from Israel, obtaining the advanced anti-missile system that the Jewish State has used to protect civilian areas from barrages of rockets fired by Palestinian terrorists.

Israel resumed airstrikes against Iran-backed Islamic Jihad in the Palestinian-controlled Gaza Strip on Friday after the terror group launched rockets against Israeli civilians, breaking a ceasefire that had been under way.

The Iran-backed Palestinian terror organization known as Islamic Jihad continued to shoot rockets at Israel on Wednesday evening, despite earlier reports of an agreement to implement a ceasefire at 9 p.m. local time.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Wednesday said Israel would not provide weapons to Ukraine, but would help the wartorn country build a civilian warning system against aerial threats.

Cyprus has signed paperwork towards the purchase of Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system in a bid to counter the threat of Turkish drones, a Greek newspaper reported on Friday.

An Egyptian-brokered cease-fire began Sunday evening at 11:30 p.m. local time between Israel and the Iranian-backed terrorist militia known as Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) after two days of fighting in which Israel had the clear upper hand.

Rocket sirens were heard in the Jerusalem area on Sunday morning, in the first occurrence of missiles launched by Gaza terrorists towards the Israeli capital since Israel’s military operation began two days ago.

Israel will ask President Joe Biden to deliver an Israeli laser-based air defense system to Arab countries opposed to Iran, an Israeli TV report said Monday.

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has made dramatic developments aimed at preparing for an attack on Iran, including integrating a precision one-ton bomb in the belly of its F-35s, and updating the stealth fighter jets for long-haul flights direct to the Islamic Republic.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday said Israel was spearheading many efforts to hold talks between his country and Russia and suggested Jerusalem might host a peace summit between the two sides.

Hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a bitter speech to the Israeli parliament on Sunday condemning Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s mediation efforts with Russian President Vladimir Putin as an attempt to mediate “between good and evil,” the Ukrainain leader reversed course and said his country was “grateful” to Israel’s prime minister.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett declined Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s request to provide military assistance to the embattled eastern European nation, Israeli media reported Sunday.

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency and the Israeli military have confirmed a successful test of the Arrow-3 missile defense system, which will help Israel defend against potential future aggression from nations such as Iran.

Jewish-American comedian Sarah Silverman slammed “her girls” in the Squad last week over their attempt to defund Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system, and called the congresswomen out for failing to denounce the Hamas terror group, which launches the rockets that the Iron Dome intercepts.

Left-wing comedian Sarah Silverman voiced rare criticism of the radical “Squad” on Sunday, attacking the far-left for “proving” that only dead and suffering Jews are liked.

Vice President Kamala Harris applauded a student who accused Israel of “ethnic genocide” and who expressed “hurt” at the U.S.’ decision to fund the Iron Dome missile defense system.

AOC reaped a whirlwind of criticism this past week when she attempted to explain her “present” vote for a bill funding Israel’s Iron Dome.

On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) said the Iron Dome also saves the lives of Palestinians because if Israel didn’t have the Iron Dome, it would take a “far greater, more

Friday on FNC’s “Fox & Friends,” Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) reacted to the House of Representatives passing a stand-alone bill to provide Israel with $1 billion to fund its Iron Dome missile defense system. The bill’s passage came two days after the funding was removed from a larger spending bill following pressure from members of “The Squad.”

Pelosi’s concession to AOC and the Squad in dropping Iron Dome funding from the budget resolution is proof Democrats cannot be trusted to support Israel.