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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Israel Demands Additional Support to Develop Iron Beam System

Caption: Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and US President Joe Biden attend a briefing on the Israel's Iron Dome and Iron Beam Air Defense Systems at the Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel, July 13, 2022. (Reuters)

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz took advantage of his meeting with US President Joe Biden, to ask him for unplanned US assistance, worth $4 billion a year, for developing and accelerating the production of the modern air defense system known as the Iron Beam, security sources in Tel Aviv revealed Thursday.

On Wednesday, the Israeli army showed Biden at the Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, with footage of drones being intercepted by the Iron Dome defense system already in place, and the Iron Beam system, which uses laser technology.

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