The Hill:



A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is calling on the Pentagon to support the replenishment of Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system following the 11-day conflict between the U.S. ally and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

The 47 lawmakers, led by Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), wrote in a Wednesday letter addressed to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin that the U.S. should “continue urgently engaging with Israel” on the administration’s “ironclad commitment to Israel’s safety and security, including replenishing Israel’s stock of interceptors for the Iron Dome missile defense system and other important matters.”

The letter, first reported by Punchbowl News, noted that while “lives were tragically lost” in the fighting between Israel and Hamas, which the U.S. considers a terrorist organization, “the Iron Dome was extremely effective overall,” intercepting “approximately 90 percent of the incoming rockets, saving countless civilians in Israel, as well as those in Gaza”…

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