US envoys say Israel sent Iron Dome to UAE

US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz confirmed Monday that Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system was used to shoot down Iranian missiles targeting the United Arab Emirates.

1news.media informs, citing The Times of Israel, that this became the first government official to publicly verify that the equipment was deployed and used in the UAE during the recent fighting.

Waltz made the comments in remarks at an Independence Day 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 quoted Waltz as having said.

On Tuesday, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee also confirmed the delivery.

“Israel just sent (the UAE) Iron dome batteries and personnel to help them operate them. How come? Because there’s an extraordinary relationship between the UAE and Israel based on the Abraham Accords,” Huckabee said at an event in Tel Aviv, referring to a 2020 deal that saw Israel establish ties with the UAE.

Earlier, Axios reported that Israel had, for the first time during the early days of the war with Iran, sent an Iron Dome battery along with military personnel to the UAE to operate the system.