French President Emmanuel Macron said there had been no activity justifying Israel's strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon on Friday and that he would call U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the attacks.

Israel's Defence Ministry said on Monday it signed a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars with Lockheed Martin unit Sikorsky to integrate Israeli systems into 12 CH-53K Pere helicopters that are currently under construction.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said there had been no activity justifying Israel's strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon. This came as he stated

The Israel-Hezbollah conflict boiled over into all-out war in September as Israel carried out waves of airstrikes and killed most of the militant group’s senior leaders. The fighting killed over 4,000 people in Lebanon and displaced about 60,000 Israelis.

The Israel Defense Forces has taken the southern Netzarim corridor, with the troops set to expand the current buffer zone and begin “ground activities in the central and southern Gaza Strip,” military officials said.

Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold known as Dahiyeh, were pounded last year by Israeli strikes that killed many of the group’s top leaders, including its powerful chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in a September air attack.

A military effort to stop Iran from building a nuclear weapon requires heavy bombs to strike its bunkers. That's where the US B-2 Spirit comes in.

Israel shot down a ballistic missile launched by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen on Tuesday following the collapse of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

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