For the first time, an Israeli army chief held with Saudi Arabai’s Army Chief Fayyad Bin Hamed Al-Ruwaili in Egypt's resort city, according to a report by WSJ.
The meeting was held under the auspices of the United States in March that incorporated joint cooperation against Iran's alleged nuclear missile and drone threats.
According to the WSJ, it was for the first time that such high ranking Israeli and Arab officers have met under US military auspices to discuss how to defend themselves against a common threat, Iran.
In addition to Saudi's Al-Ruwaili and Israel's Aviv Kochavi, top military officials from Qatar, Jordan, Egypt, the UAE (United Arab Emirates) and Bahrain attended the talks, as per the report.
The meeting of top officials followed secret meetings of junior officials, who discussed Iran's aerial threats against their countries and defense mechanisms against them.
According to sources close to the meeting, the participants had agreed to communicate issues over phone lines and computer communications, as a precursor to government-level participation.
“Such cooperation between Israel, the Saudis and Qatar, the WSJ said, was unthinkable for the past decades but it became possible after the signing of the Abraham Accords, a ‘normalisation’ agreements between the occupational state and Arab countries – and in light of concerns over Iran's nuclear power.”