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 October 2003
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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)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

                    |X|         Form 20-F         |_|     Form 40-F

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as
permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): |_|

NOTE: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a
Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security
holders.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as
permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): |_|

NOTE: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a
Form 6-K submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant
foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the
jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally
organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home
country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the
report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has
not been distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a
material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other
Commission filing on EDGAR.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

                    |_|      Yes               |X|      No

If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):   82-______________






         Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and incorporated herein by reference is
the Registrant's press release dated October 8, 2003.

         Attached hereto as Exhibit 2 and incorporated herein by reference is
the Registrant's press release dated October 23, 2003.



                                    SIGNATURE
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         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:  October 24, 2003.






















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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
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    EXHIBIT NO.         DESCRIPTION
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        1.              Press release dated October 8, 2003.

        2.              Press release dated October 23, 2003.
















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