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Foreign Affairs

Craig_Langford

(48 posts) Thu Jul 12, 2012, 05:15 AM Jul 2012

Israel to deploy battery of Iron Dome missile system near Egypt

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israel-to-deploy-iron-dome-anti-missile-system-on-egypt-border-1.450517

Israel said on Wednesday it would deploy a battery of Iron Dome rocket interceptors at a southern frontier town opposite Egypt, a move that follows cross-border attacks in the area.

Israeli media reported that it was the first time the interceptors, which have been used against Palestinian rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip, were being set up at Eilat, near Israel's borders with Egypt and Jordan.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said the battery "will be placed near Eilat as part of an operational deployment program which includes changing the locations of the batteries from time to time."

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