JERUSALEM, Sept 2 — Israel's armed forces will acquire four Boeing refuelling aircraft in the coming years as part of the aid it receives from ally the United States, the US aviation giant said.
They"offer Israel the possibility of refuelling all active air force aircraft as well as transporting troops", Boeing said.Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz said the aircraft agreement would enable his country to"face security challenges near and far". "Their late arrival shows how unlikely a strike against Iran in the coming years is," Yossi Yehoshua wrote in a commentary in theIsrael is staunchly opposed to the 2015 nuclear deal that gave Iran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear programme, viewing it as a flawed agreement.