While Israel impresses the world with its cyber technological ingenuity, the blunt fact is that a huge amount of its military hardware is made abroad, particularly in America. That is true for top-end war-winning assets such as the F-35 and other combat jets, although Israel designs some of the systems on board.

On Monday, an Israeli drone struck a car in the southern Lebanese village of Yanouh, killing three people, including a 3-year-old child, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said, quoting the Health Ministry.

While Israel has faced sharp criticism over its war in Gaza, start-up executives say foreigners are eager to buy systems developed and tested on the battlefield.

Israelis wonder whether US will favour its own geopolitical priorities over Israel in its decision over Iran attack.

Israel has previously cast doubt on figures from the Hamas-run health ministry, which the UN considers reliable.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is heading to Washington to meet with President Donald Trump on Iran.

Gaza medical officials say Israeli strikes killed at least 19 people, including two infants, with one hospital director asking, "Where is the ceasefire?"

Gaza officials said the Israeli airstrikes killed at least 21 Palestinians. Israel said one of its soldiers was critically wounded in the attack by Palestinian gunmen.

The British health secretary privately admitted last year that the Israeli government 'talks the language of ethnic cleansing'