Is Jordan flying with Israeli air force while Gaza is being bombed?

Is Jordan flying with Israeli air force while Gaza is being bombed?

Ali Abunimah

The death toll in the Gaza Strip exceeded 20 by Wednesday as Israel continued the bombing campaign it launched with the extrajudicial execution a day earlier of a senior commander of the Islamic Jihad resistance group.

Jordan has deplored the Israeli attacks as an aggression against innocent civilians.

But as Palestinians in Gaza braced for what could be a prolonged Israeli assault claiming many more lives, evidence emerged that Jordanian warplanes are taking part in military exercises alongside Israel’s air force.

The claim was made by a Dutch aviation analyst who posted evidence on Twitter indicating that Royal Jordanian Air Force F-16 warplanes are informally involved in the Blue Flag 2019 exercise hosted by Israel.

It has been bolstered by an Israeli military reporter.

Maps and data posted by the Dutch analyst, citing the flight tracking service FlightRadar24.com, show Jordanian military aircraft flying intermittently along the Jordan-Israel border and over Israeli-controlled territory since 3 November, with additional flights reported Wednesday……more here

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