Funds would go toward procurement of Iron Dome and development of Arrow 3 and Magic Wand missile interception systems.

Growing dominance of technology on battlefield challenges the traditional definition of a combatant; Iron Dome operators to be included in classification.

Iron Dome deployed, airspace closed; security cabinet sends reassuring messages to Damascus.

Only a few days after an alleged Israeli strike, Syrian media reports IAF struck a military research center; Western intel sources say target was a Fateh-110 surface-to-surface missile shipment; Israel declines to comment; Syria state TV: Israeli strike a desperate attempt to raise rebels' morale.

The government has valued IAI at up to NIS 11.4 billion; this is the first time an IPO for Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has been seriously proposed.

Cell had both Egyptian and Palestinian members, says Egypt's Akbar al-Yom; Netanyahu vows retaliation for rockets fired at Eilat.

Less than a day after Eilat was hit by two missiles launched from across the Egyptian border, Eshkol Regional District was hit by missiles launched from within the Gaza Strip.

Hardline militant group Magles Shoura al-Mujahddin said the attack was in retaliation for the Israeli army's attack on protesters demonstrating over the death of a Palestinian prisoner.

The Iron Dome missile defense system in the city tracked the rockets but did not operate to shoot them down, the IDF said.

If the funding is approved, it will add to the $486 million the United States has already provided for Iron Dome missile defense systems protecting Israel.