Israel Resume Hamas War with Domestic Weapons-production capacity, probe finds

A TAMMUZ MISSILE launched from an IDF tank.

(photo credit: RAFAEL ADVANCED SYSTEMS)

Israel entered the multi-front war it finds itself in now nearly three years ago with weakened domestic weapons-production capabilities, gaps in certain weapons stockpiles, and no full, budgeted policy for preserving domestic arms production lines, State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman found in a report published Tuesday.

The report examined Israel’s ability to preserve domestic production of weapons, raw materials, components, and infrastructure used by the defense establishment and the IDF..

On operational implications, the comptroller and the IDF presented sharply different assessments.

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