20.12.2010                     13.Tevet, 5771

Verteidigung:

IDF to deploy super-armored tanks along Gaza border

Decision comes amid concerns over Palestinians' growing arsenal of anti-tank missiles in the Gaza Strip.

The Israel Defense Forces decided on Sunday that it will begin deploying tanks equipped with an active armor protection system known as Windbreaker to the border area along the Gaza Strip.
The deployment will begin next month following intelligence assessments that the threat of anti-tank missile attacks in the area is on the rise….