Rafael is a Haifa based Israeli arms manufacturer. It is owned by the Israeli government. It was founded as Israel’s National R&D Defense Laboratory for the development of weapons and military technology within the Israeli military. Rafael are known to have produced weapons and technology used to enforce the illegal siege of the Gaza Strip.
It produces the SPIKE anti-tank guided missile, likely used in Israel’s 2014 assault on the besieged Gaza Strip, and deployed in remote controlled weapons stations along Gaza’s border.