During Operation Roaring Lion, Eyal Zamir slipped away on a quiet, unannounced trip to the United Arab Emirates. He didn’t go alone; an American delegation traveled with him to help hammer out defense and security plans right in the middle of the war with Iran
.According anonymous security sources, these meetings weren’t just polite diplomacy. The officials actually mapped out real combat conditions, building joint defensive nets and synchronized counter-strike plans specifically aimed at handling threats from Tehran.
People on the inside say this points to a level of deep, wartime cooperation that nobody would have predicted before the Abraham Accords framework.
This low-profile meeting actually fits a larger pattern of growing military ties. Word has already gotten out that Israel shipped active Iron Dome batteries and next-generation laser defense hardware straight to the UAE.
It looks like Zamir’s flight was just one part of a bigger machine, too. Other reports show that Mossad chief David Barnea and Shin Bet head David Zini also made their own separate trips down to the Gulf state to coordinate security while the fighting was going on.