UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the Month of April 2007

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Commission File Number: 000-28998

ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD.
(Translation of Registrant’s Name into English)
Advanced Technology Center, P.O.B. 539, Haifa 31053, Israel
(Address of Principal Corporate Offices)

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        Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and incorporated herein by reference is the Registrant’s press release dated April 15, 2007.

SIGNATURE

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

  ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD.
(Registrant)


By: /s/ Yaniv Baram                                            
Name: Yaniv Baram
Title:   Corporate Secretary

Dated: April 15, 2007


EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No. Description

1.

Press Release dated April 15, 2007.

Elbit Systems Modifies Tender Offer
For Balance of Tadiran Communications’ Shares

Haifa, Israel, April 15, 2007 – Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT) (the “Company”) announced today that further to its announcement of March 20, 2007 regarding the issue of cash tender offer to acquire the balance of the ordinary shares of Tadiran Communications Ltd. (TASE: TDCM) (“Tadiran”), it has modified the tender offer.

According to the modification, the Company increase the price for the Tadiran shares from a price of New Israeli Shekel 186 per share, to a final price of New Israeli Shekel 210 (approximately $51.60) per share, and the tender offer period was extended until April 26, 2007.

About Elbit Systems Ltd.

Elbit Systems Ltd. is an international defense electronics company engaged in a wide range of defense-related programs throughout the world. The Elbit Systems Group, which includes the company and its subsidiaries, operates in the areas of aerospace, land and naval systems, command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (“C4ISR”), advanced electro-optic and space technologies, EW suites, airborne warning systems, ELINT systems, data links and military communications systems and equipment. The Group also focuses on the upgrading of existing military platforms and developing new technologies for defense and homeland security applications.

Contacts:

Company Contact:

Joseph Gaspar, Corporate VP & CFO
Dalia Rosen, Director of Corporate Communications
Elbit Systems Ltd
Tel: +972-4-8316663
Fax: +972-4-8316944
E-mail: gspr@elbit.co.il
             daliarosen@elbit.co.il
 

IR Contact:

Ehud Helft / Kenny Green
 
G.K. Investor Relations
Tel: 1-866-704-6710
Fax: +972-3-607-4711
E-mail: info@gkir.com
 

STATEMENTS IN THIS PRESS RELEASE WHICH ARE NOT HISTORICAL DATA ARE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS WHICH INVOLVE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN RISKS, UNCERTAINTIES OR OTHER FACTORS NOT UNDER THE COMPANY’S CONTROL, WHICH MAY CAUSE ACTUAL RESULTS, PERFORMANCE OR ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE COMPANY TO BE MATERIALLY DIFFERENT FROM THE RESULTS, PERFORMANCE OR OTHER EXPECTATIONS IMPLIED BY THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. THESE FACTORS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE DETAILED IN THE COMPANY’S PERIODIC FILINGS WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.