Israel sent an Iron Dome battery and personnel to operate the air defence system to the United Arab Emirates, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said on Tuesday.
“Israel just sent Iron dome batteries and personnel to help them operate them. How come? Because there’s an extraordinary relationship between the UAE and Israel based on the Abraham Accords,” Huckabee said at an event in Tel Aviv, referring to the 2020 normalisation agreement that brought long-established ties between Israel and the UAE out into the open.
A source briefed on the matter told Reuters that Israel had sent air defence systems to the UAE to help it defend against Iranian attacks during the war.
Iran has targeted the UAE more than any other country since the start of the war launched by Israel on 28 February, and has continued to launch attacks during the current truce.
Senior Emirati official Anwar Gargash, an adviser to the country's president, said on 17 March that Iranian attacks on its Arab neighbours would strengthen relations between Israel and those Arab states that have diplomatic ties with Israel.
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