The United States has agreed to connect Israel to its early warning ballistic system to be deployed in case of an Iranian missile attack, a military source told the French news agency AFP. The worldwide radar system helped Israel during the Gulf War in 1991 when Iraq attacked Israel with Scud missiles.

The agreement follows two trips to the U.S. by two senior Defense Ministry officials, Director General Pinches Bukhris and ministry adviser Amos Gilad.