Israel Completed New Guided Mortar System’s Development: The Israeli Defense Ministry has said that it has fully developed the new guided mortar system. With which the army has now got a new weapon. With this, she can easily target the enemies present in the crowd. An official said that both GPS and laser technology can be used in the ‘iron sting’ system. With which the army will not only get the information of the enemy easily, it will also reduce the risk of harming the civilians present nearby.
Defense Minister Benny Gantz said that the system would ‘change the battlefield and provide more effective and accuracy to the security forces’. The Israeli military has in recent years found itself battling many challenges while fighting Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip. Along with this, the army is also taking training due to the fear of war against Hezbollah militants of Lebanon. Earlier this month, the International Criminal Court began an investigation into alleged crimes against Israel in Palestinian territories.
Challenges faced on Gaza Strip
ICC prosecutor Fatau Bensouda said in a statement that the investigation would be “conducted in an independent, impartial manner without any fear or favor”. These investigations are being carried out on a possible war crime during the Gaza Strip war in 2014. Which happened at that time between Israel and Hamas militants, in which hundreds of ordinary citizens were killed. Israel blamed Hamas for the deaths of civilians and said that Hamas was carrying out attacks from residential areas. But human rights groups had said that the army did not take adequate precautions in distinguishing between terrorists and civilians.
The system will work from next week
Col. Assaf Shatzkin, head of the Land Systems Department in the Ministry of Research Division, has said that the new mortar system will help the army in fighting enemies like Hamas and Hezbollah. He said that with this, a distance of a few meters can be used to attack short-range targets. Shatjkin said, ‘With this precise mortar shell one can focus more on the enemy. Without doing any harm to those people, who have nothing to do with war. He said that the system is expected to be active in the coming months.
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