The Pentagon says the United States will send a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery and troops to Israel.

The U.S. will send a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery to Israel, along with the troops needed to operate it, the Pentagon said.

The United States will send a T erminal High Altitude Area Defense battery to Israel, along with the troops needed to operate it, the Pentagon said Sunday.

The Pentagon announced it would send the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery and its crew as Israel considered retaliatory attacks against Iran.

President Biden approved the deployment of an advanced missile defense system to Israel along with roughly 100 U.S. troops.

The US is sending more troops and an anti-missile system to Israel.The THAAD system will bolster Israel's air defense against incoming threats, the

Pentagon spokesperson Pat Ryder said the deployment of a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery would augment Israel's integrated air defence system.

The THAAD system was provided to Israel in early March as part of a month-long joint exercise of the United States and Israel.