A US Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery was used to shoot down a Houthi missile fired at Israel earlier in the week, sources familiar with the operation said Friday. However, it is still unclear if the interception was successful. The US deployed a second THAAD to Israel in October in what the Pentagon said was to…
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke to Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Wednesday and discussed Israel’s operations in Lebanon and the humanitarian situation in Gaza after a letter earlier this week to Israel from Washington that urged improvement of Gaza’s humanitarian situation. “The Secretary encouraged the Government of Israel to continue taking steps to…
Iran considers the US deployment of a THAAD missile defense battery in Israel as “psychological warfare,” Iran’s Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh said on Wednesday, as the region remains tense awaiting an Israeli retaliation against Iran. The Pentagon said on Tuesday that US troops had arrived in Israel as part of the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude…
