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Washington Pledges Continued Efforts to Improve Jordan’s Air Defense

Senior US officials expressed their government’s support for the modernization of Jordan’s fleet of F-16 fighter aircraft (AP)
Senior US officials expressed their government’s support for the modernization of Jordan’s fleet of F-16 fighter aircraft (AP)
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Washington Pledges Continued Efforts to Improve Jordan’s Air Defense

Senior US officials expressed their government’s support for the modernization of Jordan’s fleet of F-16 fighter aircraft (AP)
Senior US officials expressed their government’s support for the modernization of Jordan’s fleet of F-16 fighter aircraft (AP)

The Pentagon said on Thursday that a meeting of the US-Jordan Joint Military Commission (JMC) in Washington discussed “the destabilizing impacts of ongoing conflicts within the region.”
The 44th JMC meeting, attended by US and Jordanian senior defense officials, also discussed the proliferation of Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UASs), the Pentagon said in a statement.
The Commission then tackled the importance of maintaining security along Jordan's borders with Iraq and Syria, the Pentagon added.
At the meeting, senior US officials expressed their government’s support for the modernization of Jordan's fleet of F-16 fighter aircraft.
“The US officials pledged to continue efforts to improve Jordan's air defense and ability to counter UASs, which will improve the interoperability and effectiveness of the Royal Jordanian Air Force,” the statement noted.

 

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Palestinian Health Ministry Says One Dead in Israel West Bank Raid

Demonstrators clash with Palestinian security forces in Nablus in the West Bank (File photo/Reuters)
Demonstrators clash with Palestinian security forces in Nablus in the West Bank (File photo/Reuters)
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Palestinian Health Ministry Says One Dead in Israel West Bank Raid

Demonstrators clash with Palestinian security forces in Nablus in the West Bank (File photo/Reuters)
Demonstrators clash with Palestinian security forces in Nablus in the West Bank (File photo/Reuters)

The health ministry in the occupied West Bank said one person was killed and nine injured in an Israeli raid on a refugee camp, with the Israeli military saying Saturday it had opened fire at "terrorists".

An 18-year-old man, Muhammad Medhat Amin Amer, "was killed by bullets from the (Israeli) occupation in the Balata camp" in the territory's north, the Palestinian health ministry said in a late-night statement, adding that nine people were injured, "four of whom are in critical condition".

According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, the raid began on Friday night and triggered violent clashes, AFP reported.

The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that Israeli troops entered the camp from the Awarta checkpoint and "deployed snipers on the rooftops of surrounding buildings".

In a statement on Saturday, the Israeli military said that during the "counterterrorism" operation, "terrorists placed explosives in the area in order to harm (military) soldiers, hurled explosives, molotov cocktails, and rocks and shot fireworks at the forces".

"The forces fired toward the terrorists in order to remove the threat. Hits were identified," the statement said.

Violence in the West Bank has intensified since war broke out in the Gaza Strip after Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.

Since then, at least 815 Palestinians have been killed in the territory by Israeli troops or settlers, according to the Palestinian health ministry in Ramallah.

In the same period, Palestinian attacks in the West Bank have killed at least 25 Israelis, according to official Israeli figures.

Israel has occupied the West Bank since conquering it in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.