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Israel now key hub of anti-Daesh operations

July 30, 2015 12:11
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ByOrlando Radice, Orlando Radice

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Israel is at the centre of a regional military campaign against terror organisation Daesh.

Advances on several fronts by the jihadi movement (sometimes known as ISIL) are pushing Egypt and Jordan to unprecedented levels of security co-operation with the Jewish state.

Senior Israeli defence officials this week said that military ties with Egypt had "never been closer".

Last week a senior US official revealed that Israel had transferred 16 helicopter gunships to Jordan to help the Hashemite Kingdom secure its borders.