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US approves landmark missile defence deal between Israel and Germany

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and then-US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman watch the launch of an Arrow 3 missile during a 2019 cabinet meeting in Jerusalem [Menahem Kahana/EPA-EFE/Pool via AFP]

The United States has given the green light for a $3.5bn sale of Israel’s Arrow 3 missile defence system to Germany, the Israeli Ministry of Defense says.

The ministry said in a statement on Thursday that senior officials from the Israeli and German defence ministries would sign a letter of commitment to the deal with a preliminary payment of $600m.

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