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
                     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                          For the Month of August 2005

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                               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 July 31, 2005.

                                    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/ Ilan Pacholder
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                                          Name:  Ilan Pacholder
                                          Title: Corporate Secretary

Dated:  August 1, 2005





                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

    EXHIBIT NO.       DESCRIPTION

        1.            Press release dated July 31, 2005.





                                    EXHIBIT 1

                              AHARON BETH-HALACHMI
                 RESIGNS FROM ELBIT SYSTEMS' BOARD OF DIRECTORS

HAIFA, JULY 31, 2005 - ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD. (NASDAQ:ESLT) (the "Company") today
reported that Mr. Aharon Beth-Halachmi submitted his resignation from the
Company's Board of Directors effective as of July 31, 2005. The resignation was
submitted in connection with the Company's compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act
requirements relating to independence criteria for boards of directors.

Mr. Beth- Halachmi will serve as a special advisor to the Chairman of the
Company's Board of Directors.

The Company and its Board of Directors express their appreciation to Mr. Beth -
Halachmi for his contribution to the Company during his service on the Board of
Directors.

ABOUT ELBIT SYSTEMS

Elbit Systems Ltd. is an international defense electronics company engaged in a
wide range of defense-related programs throughout the world, in the areas of
aerospace, land and naval systems, command, control, communications, computers,
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance ("C4ISR"), advanced electro-optic
and space technologies. The Company focuses on the upgrading of existing
military platforms and developing new technologies for defense and homeland
security applications.

CONTACTS:

 
      COMPANY CONTACT                                     IR CONTACTS

      Ilan Pacholder, Corporate Secretary and             Ehud Helft/Kenny Green
      Vice President  Finance & Capital Markets
      ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD.                                  GK INTERNATIONAL
      Tel:  972-4  831-6632                               Tel: 1-866-704-6710
      Fax: 972-4  831-6659                                Fax: 972-3-607-4711
      pacholder@elbit.co.il                               ehud@gk-biz.com
                                                          kenny@gk-biz.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.