2026-05-12T12:37:44+00:00
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.