by Paul Goldman and F. Brinley Bruton
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel has reportedly canceled plans to send
warplanes to a joint military exercise with the U.S. amid concern about
the buildup of Iranian forces across the border in Syria.
The
decision not to send F-15 jets to the drill in Alaska was widely
reported by the Israeli media to linked to worries over a possible
Iranian attack, potentially involving an armed drone. A spokesman for
the Israel Defense Forces confirmed to NBC News that “aircraft
participation in the exercise was adjusted.”
Late on Tuesday,
Education Minister Naftali Bennett became the latest in a string of
senior Israeli officials to promise the country would respond to threats
from Iran and elsewhere.
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Source: NBC News
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