According to documents and news reports seen by MEE, Israeli forces have been using the Arbel weapons system in Gaza following their devastating invasion of the enclave after the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation.

The weapons were co-produced by India as part of its long complicit role in Israeli crimes. Arbel’s Al weapons system’s name refers to the Israeli town that was built around the site of a Palestinian village, Hitten, which was ethnically cleansed in 1948.

Indian weapon components have played a shadowy role in Israel’s war on Gaza over the past year, prompting several Indian activists and lawyers to pressure Delhi to halt military exchanges with Israel.

In February, it was reported that 20 Indian-made Israeli combat drones were delivered to Israel, with an Indian news channel claiming the Hermes 900 drones would assist “Israel’s needs in the Israel-Hamas war”.

Al Mayadeen