"China has an extensive arms industry," an expert on China-Israel relations said. "By definition, it does not sell weapons to non-state entities."
The IDF Southern Command say they are working on a plan to address the Philadelphi Corridor to prevent the rearmament of Hamas terrorists.
North Korea said it had tested its newest ICBM on Monday to gauge the war readiness of its nuclear force against mounting US hostility, drawing condemnation from the United States and its allies.
Jordanian officials, like their Western allies, say that Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group and militias who control much of southern Syria were behind a surge in drug and weapons smuggling.
The US defense industry firm Raytheon's exoatmospheric kill vehicle (EKV) was successful in a test to destroy a ballistic missile in space, similar to Israel's Arrow-3.
Five residents of east Jerusalem were indicted for disguising themselves as IDF soldiers and raiding and stealing weapons from a Palestinian police station.
The find includes a cache of four Roman swords and the head of a deer-shaped handle, estimated to date back nearly 1,900 years, and are in excellent condition.
There is a "clearly a growing relationship in the defense realm" between Iran and Russia, US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said.
It was the largest thwarting of a smuggling operation on the Jordanian border, with 137 weapons and 250 ammunition cartridges seized.
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