Israeli journalist Edy Cohen has claimed that an Emirati pilot participated in the bombing of Palestinian targets in the Gaza Strip three weeks ago during his training on Israeli air force F-35 fighters.

UAE pilots and jets joined bombardment of Gaza #Palestine The United Arab Emirates is Israel's branch in the #Gulf #Dubai #Egypt #KSA #Gaza #Nablus #WestBank #Quds #Israel #TelAviv #AbuDhabi #Iran pic.twitter.com/q0TXoJZewI

— M.Kemal Firik (@mekefe1) August 10, 2018

In a tweet, Cohen challenged Dubai’s Deputy Chairman of Police and Public Security, General Dhahi Khalfan, to deny the presence of an Emirati pilot in the Israeli air force during the bombing of the Gaza Strip three weeks ago.

Israel, UAE hand in glove in air raids on Gaza?

The tweet by Israeli journalist Edy Cohen claims that an Emirati pilot had been involved in recent air raids on positions of Palestinian resistance groups inside the Gaza Strip.https://t.co/lB791mkX4Q

— 二十世紀の証人 (@Basil284) August 10, 2018

Cohen’s claim days after the Emirati General called on Arabs to recognize Israel’s reality which he said “wants nothing but destroy the Arab world”.

UAE’s Pilot Participates in Israeli Air Force Bombing Gazahttps://t.co/2I62pyQ1PE

— Almasirah English (@Almasirah_Eng) August 10, 2018

In response to the tweet, Cohen accused Khalfan of being complicit in assassinating the Hamas leader, Mahmoud Mabhouh, in Dubai in 2010.

(MEMO, PC, Social Media)