US urges Israel to supply Ukrainian military with Hawk anti-aircraft missiles 

Axios reported the information citing 3 American and Israeli officials. 

According to the outlet, the Pentagon reached out to the Israeli Ministry of Defense 2 weeks ago and asked to transfer the Hawk systems, which are in storage in the country, to Ukraine.

However, Dror Shalom, head of the political department at the Israeli Ministry of Defense, told his American counterparts that there has been no change in Israel's policy of not providing Ukraine with weapons systems. In addition, Israel claimed that the systems were outdated and could no longer be used.

A US official said that similar requests had been made to several other countries that had the system in active use or storage.

• On January 13, Israel had agreed to officially transfer smart missile and drone warning technologies to Ukraine to help in the war against Russia.

• However, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said that Ukraine is trying to convince Israel to abandon its policy of neutrality in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war and start cooperation, but so far without success.