Iron Dome missile defense system

The bill comes a day after the US congress approved USD 1 billion additional funding for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system, despite proposals to cut its military aid to Israel

The relief package will be the second-largest of its kind since the passing of the CARES Act in March, but is too little and too late for millions who have been pushed closer to poverty and instability by the pandemic

Israeli airstrikes pound Gaza after 10 rockets were fired into Israel from Gaza. A 27-year-old man was killed in the air strikes, which targeted Hamas bases and installations