Members of the House Armed Services Committee ripped apart a Pentagon proposal to move about 12,000 troops out of Germany during a Thursday hearing, questioning the civilian and uniformed officials testifying on everything from the lack of a cost projection to whether the move is just in response to an …

The agreement to purchase two batteries was signed last year A year after the Defense Ministry and the US Army signed a deal for two Iron Dome missile defense batteries, the first battery has been delivered.

Two men threw an inactive grenade that did not explode towards troops who arrived at the scene after the suspects crossed the fence from the Hamas-run coastal enclave.