The country is preparing to build two factories for unmanned aircraft in Morocco's Al-Aoula region following a security cooperation agreement signed in November

The government has turned to the defense industry to bolster the military’s ability to intercept aerial drones; a competition was launched among eight large and small firms including Elbit, Rafael and Israel Aerospace Industries

The Bank of Israel kept interest rates unchanged for the sixth consecutive meeting, but raised the prospect of future rate hikes if armed conflicts on two fronts push inflation higher than expected

Netanyahu defiantly addressed the UN, saying that he decided to attend "after hearing the lies and slanders addressed by the speakers present", calling the UN a "house of darkness" and a "swamp of anti-Semitic bile"