In a very surprising revelation, the Israelis supplied UAE with advanced anti-air defense systems as it came under attack from Iran during Operation Epic Fury. More interesting is that it even sent IDF troops top operate the systems. This is according to no less than two top Trump administration diplomats. First, US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz was the first government official to publicly confirm that Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system was used to shoot down Iranian missiles targeting UAE. Waltz revealed the information at an event hosted by the Israeli Mission to the UN in New York. “We saw the UAE make use of the Iron Dome provided to it by Israel,” the Israel Hayom daily cited Waltz as saying. The UAE had been heavily targeted by Iran – more than any other regional Gulf state, with Kuwait also being a heavily targeted nearby country sitting very close to the Islamic Republic.. Axios was the first to report the Iron Dome transfer back in late April, which was accomplished early in the conflict. “Israel sent the United Arab Emirates an Iron Dome air defense system with troops to operate it early in the war with Iran” – it said, citing two Israeli officials and one [...]
