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The US military destroyer USS Delbert D. Black has docked at the southern Israeli port of Eilat on Friday, according to Israeli media. The Israeli military said the visit was “preplanned and part of ongoing coordination between Israeli and US forces.” It described the docking as routine military cooperation amid heightened regional tensions. A reporter for The Times of Israel shared a photograph on US social media company X showing the destroyer positioned a short distance from the shoreline near Eilat. The docking came as tensions continued to rise between Washington and Tehran following the European Union’s decision to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a “terrorist organization.” READ: Israeli report says Trump is threatening Iran publicly but pursuing negotiations […]
