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Caught in the Crossfire, Jordan (Quietly) Shields Israel
(Times of Israel) Nurit Yohanan - For the past 11 days, the kingdom of Jordan has been caught in the middle of the Israel-Iran war, its airspace turned into a battleground where ballistic missiles meet interceptors and drones are knocked out of the sky. Falling missile debris, interceptor shrapnel, and explosive drones have injured several Jordanians and caused significant property damage. According to Jordan's National Center for Security and Crisis Management, around 100 pieces of shrapnel from drones or missiles landed in Jordan during the first seven days of the war. There is widespread speculation that the Jordanian military is intercepting some of the missiles and drones en route to Israel. Jordan's King Abdullah is seeking to protect the kingdom's citizens and its pro-Western national security interests behind the scenes, while being careful in public to avoid appearing too closely aligned with Israel.