Israel launches $27 billion rail expansion, eyes future link to Saudi Arabia

Reuters

30 July, 2023, 03:15 pm

Last modified: 30 July, 2023, 03:19 pm

Israel launches $27 billion rail expansion, eyes future link to Saudi Arabia

Reuters

30 July, 2023, 03:15 pm

Last modified: 30 July, 2023, 03:19 pm

Photo: Collected

Photo: Collected

Israel is launching a 100 billion shekel ($27 billion) rail expansion that will connect its outlying areas to metropolitan Tel Aviv and, in the future, could provide overland links to Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.

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