The Pentagon announced Sunday that the United States will send a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery to Israel, along with troops to operate it. This deployment comes in response to Iran's ballistic missile attacks on Israel and amidst heightened tensions in the Middle East.
The United States will send a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery to Israel , along with the troops needed to operate it, the Pentagon said Sunday, even as Iran warned Washington to keep American military forces out of Israel .Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin authorized the deployment of the THAAD battery at the direction of President Joe Biden.
Ryder, in his statement, said the deployment 'underscores the United States' ironclad commitment to the defense of Israel, and to defend Americans in Israel, from any further ballistic missile attacks by Iran.'It was not immediately clear where the THAAD battery was coming from or when it would arrive. Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani, an Israeli army spokesman, declined to provide any timeline for its arrival but thanked the U.S. for its support.The U.S.
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