Shafaq News- Middle East
Israel had sent an Iron Dome air defense battery and personnel to the United Arab Emirates to help operate the system, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said on Tuesday.
Speaking at an event in Tel Aviv, Huckabee described the relations between Israel and the UAE as exceptional under the Abraham Accords, the 2020 normalization agreement that established diplomatic ties between both sides.
Earlier, CNN reported, citing a source familiar with the matter, that Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system, covertly deployed in the United Arab Emirates, intercepted a missile launched from Iran on May 4.
The UAE Ministry of Defense announced that its air defenses intercepted two drones launched from Iran, adding that Emirati defense systems had participated in intercepting around 551 ballistic missiles, 29 cruise missiles, and 2,265 drones since the start of the Iranian attacks.