Help from the USA
Israel receives state-of-the-art missile defense system
Following Iran's attacks on Israel on October 1, the Pentagon announced on Sunday that it would be sending a THAAD battery and associated troops to Israel. The modern missile defense system is intended to strengthen the Mediterranean country's air defenses.
According to the Pentagon, Washington is sending a battery and troops to operate it. The THAAD battery (the abbreviation stands for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) detects targets up to 3,000 kilometers away. It is one of the US military's most powerful missile defense weapons.
According to the Pentagon, the aim is to strengthen Israel's air defense following the recent heavy missile attacks by Iran. The move underscores the United States' ironclad commitment to Israel's defense, it said.
Biden: System "in defense of Israel"
US President Joe Biden said he was sending the system "in defense of Israel". The country's air defense is to be strengthened following the missile attacks by Iran. A Pentagon spokesman added that the deployment of a THAAD battery would strengthen Israel's integrated air defense system.
The United States already deployed a battery of the THAAD missile defense system to the region last year in light of the Middle East conflict, but not to Israel itself.
Missile alert in the greater Tel Aviv area
On Monday afternoon, there was another missile alert in the greater Tel Aviv area. The Israeli army announced that the alarm was triggered by missiles from Lebanon. According to Israeli media reports, sirens sounded in more than 180 towns and villages in central Israel.
The military announced that three shells had penetrated Israeli territory and that all threats had been repelled from the air "in accordance with regulations".
Muffled explosions could be heard in the center of Tel Aviv, as a reporter reported. The Magen David Adom rescue service announced that it had initially received no reports of casualties or impacts.
In recent weeks, there had been several rocket alerts in Tel Aviv and the greater area of the coastal city due to attacks from Iran, Lebanon and Yemen.
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