Israeli weapons to Qatar and Saudi Arabia
Israel sold advanced military systems to Qatar and Saudi Arabia between 2020 and 2022. The plane used by Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani during his trip to Tehran last year was among the aircraft equipped…
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Israel sold advanced military systems to Qatar and Saudi Arabia between 2020 and 2022, despite neither country having normalized relations with it. The deals included anti-missile protection for aircraft, one of which was used by Qatar's emir on a trip to Tehran. This revelation, from the Israeli daily Haaretz, highlights a gap between official diplomatic stances and behind-the-scenes security cooperation in the Gulf.