A visiting parliamentary delegation from Israel has held talks with President

Tsai Ing-wen.

The four member delegation from the Israeli parliament is also thanking

Taiwan for its support after Iran's attack over the weekend.

Chairman of the Taiwan-Israel Friendship Group Boaz Toporovsky has said the

delegation appreciates the collaboration between Taiwan and Israel.

It also appreciates the support shown by Tsai and Foreign Minister Joseph Wu

in the wake of Iran's attacks.

Meanwhile, Israel's representative to Taiwan, Maya Yaron, says there are

numerous areas in which the two countries are cooperating or planning to

cooperate.

That includes tourism, innovation and agriculture.

The Ministry of National Defense is continuing to carry out live-fire missile

exercises in the Pingtung area.

The drills began last week.

The army fired Stinger missiles from its vehicle mounted Avenger air-defense

system as part of the "Shen Gong" exercise.

While the Aviation and Special Forces Command test fired Hellfire and

Sidewinder missiles from Apache and Super Cobra helicopters as part of the

"Shen Ying" exercise.

The military had planned to test fire its newly developed Land Sword II

system surface-to-air missile last week.

But the test firings were postponed (延遲) to yesterday due to bad weather.

Those tests were carried out yesterday.

The missiles successfully launched and hit target drones at the Jiupeng

Military Base.

Interior Minister Lin Yu-chang says estimates show that post-earthquake

restoration work at the Taroko National Park will cost roughly 1-billion N-T.

Lin said several hiking trails, facilities and structures in the park were

severely damaged during the earthquake.

During a legislative hearing, Lin said the cost of restoring (恢復) portions

of the park are his office's responsibility.

He says the ministry will be seeking funding of $1-billion.

The interior minister also told lawmakers that more accurate estimates will

not be available until a damage assessment is completed in about two weeks.

Israel’s military chief says Israel will respond to Iran’s weekend missile

strike.

But he has not elaborated on when and how.

Israel is said to be considering its next steps and that the Iranian strike

of missiles and attack drones “will be met with a response.”

The Lieutenant General spoke during a visit to the Nevatim air base.

Israel says the base suffered light damage in the Iranian attack.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been huddling (聚集在一起) with top

officials to discuss a possible response.

World leaders have been urging Israel not to retaliate after Iran launched

the attack involving hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise

missiles.

The European Union has called an urgent meeting of the bloc's foreign

ministers in an attempt (嘗試、試圖) to de-escalate tensions in the Middle

East.

Ishan Garg has more.

The operator of the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says it has

obtained permission from safety regulators to start loading atomic fuel into

a reactor at its only operable plant in Japan.

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings is keen to restart for the first time

since the 2011 disaster.

It's loaded nuclear fuel into No. 7 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant

in north-central Japan.

The country is accelerating (加速) the use of nuclear power as a stable and

clean source of energy.

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