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ISRAELBRIEFS Arrow 3 Anti-ballistic Missile System Successfully Tested
ISRAEL’S DEFENSE MINISTRY said it successfully tested
its Arrow 3 anti-ballistic missile system on Jan. 18 outside the
Earth’s atmosphere, Th e Times of Israel reported.

Defense Ministry’s Missile Defense Organization head Moshe
Patel said the trial tested several “breakthrough” capabilities for
the missile defense system, which the Israeli Air Force can now use.

Th e live-fi re test involved two Arrow 3 interceptors being fi red
at the same target.

“Th e operational radar arrays of the Arrow system detected
the target and sent the data to the fi re management system,
which analyzed the data and fully plotted the interception. Once
the plans were completed, two Arrow 3 interceptors were fi red
at the target, and they completed their mission successfully,” the
Defense Ministry said in a statement.

Israel to Buy Three Submarines from Germany
Israel’s Defense Ministry announced on Jan. 22 that it signed a
deal with Germany’s Th yssenkrupp Marine Systems to develop
and produce three diesel-electric advanced submarines for the
Israeli Navy, Th e Jerusalem Post reported.

Th e $3.4 billion cost is more than double the original estimate,
but the German government will pay a third of the cost, as per an
agreement the countries signed in 2017.

Th e deal “signifi cantly strengthens Israel’s national security.

Th e purchase of the submarines will ensure continuity in our
capabilities and strategic superiority for years to come,” Prime
Minister Naft ali Bennett said.

It will take up to nine years for the fi rst submarine to be deliv-
ered. Th e deal includes the construction of a training simulator
in Israel and a supply of spare parts.

Israel Passes 2M COVID-19 Cases
Israel passed the 2 million mark in COVID-19 on Jan. 18,
according to the Health Ministry, Th e Jerusalem Post reported.

Th ere were a record-breaking 72,120 new cases that day. It was
the third day in a row of record numbers of new cases.

Health Ministry Director-General Professor Nachman Ash
said the number of new infections could actually be much higher
and that Israel hasn’t seen an omicron peak yet.

“Our estimate is that there are at least two or three times
that,” Ash said. “It is not impossible that we stand at 200,000
verifi ed cases a day.”
As of Jan. 18, the death toll from COVID-19 in Israel stood at
8,350. Th ere were 393,785 active cases that day and an additional
218,874 people in quarantine.

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Unemployment Keeps Falling
Th e unemployment rate in Israel fell from 4.6% in November to
4.1% in December, according to Central Bureau of Statistics data,
Globes reported.

Meantime, broad unemployment — which includes people who
stopped working at the start of the pandemic — fell from 6.5% to
6%; that beat a forecast from the Bank of Israel projecting broad
unemployment of 6.7% at year’s end. Th e bureau said 262,000 people
are not part of the workforce because of reasons tied to the pandemic.

Th e number of Israelis participating in the workforce declined
slightly, from 60.2% in November to 60.1%.

Th e bureau said the number of job vacancies is on the rise, as
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