Military

"The military has been requested to provide support to the police, but at the moment they are on standby," Sri Lankan Army Spokesman Brigadier Waruna Gamage told Reuters.

Egypt opened its new Octagon Strategic Command Headquarters, presenting the huge military center as a symbol of modernization and Cairo’s growing influence in the region.

Machlis explained that this comes as countries shift their war strategy, mainly because the "length of conflicts and the scale of the use of munitions require a different industrial readiness.

The warnings came amid debate in 2026 defense spending discussions, in which the Finance Ministry rejected the Defense Ministry's petitions to increase spending by NIS 40 billion.

The reported gap in platoon commanders comes as the military continues to warn of broader manpower shortages across combat formations.

As the MoU nears expiration, Washington must see Israel not as an aid recipient but as a defense partner that strengthens the US industrial base.

Tymur Tkachenko, the head of the capital's ​military administration, said 56 people, including two children, were injured and three dozen locations across the city had been damaged in the attacks.

He acknowledged that new governments could "build" on his blueprint, and some critics said the plan, delayed for more than nine months, was too little, too late.

The Defense Ministry said Ilan Or's withdrawal from the Ottawa Embassy is part of a global realignment of Israel's Defense Attaché network.

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