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The Jordanian Armed Forces announced on Saturday that its air defenses managed to intercept and destroy 108 missiles and drones out of 119 that targeted Jordanian territory during a week of military escalation in the region.
Brigadier General Mustafa Al-Hiyari, the Director of Military Information in the Jordanian Armed Forces, explained during a joint press conference with the Public Security Directorate, that these missiles and drones were targeting vital sites and facilities inside Jordanian territory, stressing that "they were not crossing missiles as is rumored." He added that their interception led to the falling of shrapnel inside different areas of the Kingdom. He pointed out that the Jordanian Armed Forces had raised the level of readiness before the outbreak of the war, "where all formations and units were placed under immediate alert, and the units deployed on the border fronts were supported, and the border guard units were reinforced with the necessary devices, equipment and weapons to deal with the exceptional circumstances." Air defense systems were also operated according to the ranges provided by those systems, and air monitoring was intensified through aircraft and radars. He added that Jordan also "activated military and defense cooperation agreements with a number of fraternal and friendly armies to provide air cover that enhances the protection of the Kingdom's airspace," in parallel with coordination with the Jordanian Civil Aviation Authority to regulate air traffic and ensure the safety of the airspace. The military official stressed that Jordan has sought since the beginning of the escalation to "spare the region war through diplomatic means," stressing that the Kingdom "is primarily concerned with preserving its security and the safety of its citizens, and that what it was subjected to from missile and drone attacks is an attack on its sovereignty, and caused material damage." For its part, the Public Security Directorate announced that it had raised the level of alert and activated emergency plans since the start of the military escalation, and placed civil defense elements on alert, while its teams took over the launching of sirens and took precautionary measures to deal with any emergency. The Directorate explained that civil defense and police personnel dealt with 187 reports related to the falling of shrapnel and objects resulting from the interception of missiles and drones in most of the governorates of the Kingdom, most notably the capital, Irbid, Zarqa, Mafraq, Ma'an, Karak and the desert areas. According to the Directorate, 19 injuries were recorded as a result of the falling of shrapnel, most of them minor, as the injured received treatment and left the hospitals, while the damage was limited to limited material losses that affected some homes and vehicles.
