JERUSALEM: Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz began a visit to Bahrain on Wednesday amid heightened tensions in the Gulf after missile attacks on the United Arab Emirates by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement.
The United Arab Emirates on Monday intercepted a missile during a visit by Israel's president, the third such attack in two weeks claimed by the Houthis, who are battling a Saudi-led coalition that includes the UAE. The United States said was it was sending fighter jets to assist the UAE following the missile strikes.
Gantz flew to Bahrain on an Israeli air force transport plane. It was the first time an Israeli defence chief had visited the Gulf nation or that an Israeli military aircraft had landed there.Bahrain state news agency BNA said Gantz and his delegation was received by Bahrain Defence Affairs Minister Abdullah bin Hassan al-Nuaimi.
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