When Hamas attacked Israel on October 7th, images of a destroyed Merkava Mk 4 tank circulated around the world. The machine, regarded as one of the best-armored tanks in the world and equipped ...

The Merkava family of tanks can be traced back to the 1960s when Israel’s journey to developing its own homegrown MBT series originated. Following the founding of the Jewish state, Israel was ...

523 in the skies over Gaza City. Additionally, the group targeted an Israeli Merkava tank with an explosive device, resulting in its complete destruction east of the Bureij refugee camp in the ...