Israel monitors developments of US-British strikes against Iraq

Israel has announced that it is still following the development of the British - US assault against Iraq.

Israeli Army authorities decided to reinforce anti-aircraft defenses and installed patriot missile stations and anti-aircraft missiles in greater aggregations in all parts of Israel.

The Israeli Army summoned reserve units. Within this context, Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai is making a series of consultations to evaluate the situation.

It was announced in Tel Aviv that Israel will receive more Patriot missile batteries, Israeli radio reported.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday presided over a special meeting of the Israeli mini-Cabinet for security affairs in order to hold consultations and necessary evaluations and to study the consequences of the US - British air raids on Iraq.

In statements he made earlier in the day, Netanyahu said Israel is not involved in the confrontation. He added that if Israel is exposed to Iraqi strikes, it will keep itself the possibility to retaliate, Israeli radio reported.