Ahead of government funding deadline, House members push for Iron Dome supplement
106 House members urged Appropriations Committee leaders to ensure that the Iron Dome supplement is included in the final defense funding package
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In the background the Israeli Iron Dome missile defence system (L) intercepts rockets (R) fired by the Hamas movement towards southern Israel from Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, and on foreground tens of other intercepts rockets (RR) fired by the Hamas while the Iron Dome is busy with the first rockets, as seen in the sky above the Gaza Strip overnight on May 16, 2021.
With the next government funding deadline weeks away, 106 House members from both parties are pushing to ensure that supplemental Iron Dome funding is included in any final spending package.
The lawmakers penned a letter, obtained by Jewish...