Additionally, the IDF confirmed it killed Basel Himoni in Gaza, a Hamas terrorist who masterminded a deadly 2004 terror attack. The IDF killed the head of Hamas’s Beit Hanun sniper unit in northern

Israelis forces have seized a local Sunni Islamist politician and an ally of the Palestinian militant Hamas group and took him to Israel for questioning.

Gaza officials said the Israeli airstrikes killed at least 21 Palestinians. Israel said one of its soldiers was critically wounded in the attack by Palestinian gunmen.

While Israel has faced sharp criticism over its war in Gaza, start-up executives say foreigners are eager to buy systems developed and tested on the battlefield.

Many of the soldiers buried in the cemetery died before the state of Israel was established, some decades earlier.

Israeli authorities have dismissed criminal probes related to the deaths of detainees, for fear that the cases may attract global scrutiny

According to the military, "After the incident, a military police investigation was opened, Upon its completion, its findings will be forwarded to the Military Advocate General for review."

While Israel impresses the world with its cyber technological ingenuity, the blunt fact is that a huge amount of its military hardware is made abroad, particularly in America. That is true for top-end war-winning assets such as the F-35 and other combat jets, although Israel designs some of the systems on board.