The European Command of the US Armed Forces (EUCOM) denied the press service of the IDF about the opening of the first permanent US military base in Israel.
The IDF has already removed from its official website references to the "US military base," replacing the word "base" with a multi-valued term "facility" (an object, a structure intended for a specific purpose).
"We first created an American base in the State of Israel, in the armed forces of Israel, under the American flag. Constant base, "the commander of the air defense forces, General Tzvika Haimovich, told reporters on Monday after the solemn ceremony on the basis of air defense in the Dimona region. General Haimovich stated that the new base will allow "to improve our defense, the ability to detect and intercept, and our combat readiness"
For the Pentagon, the notion of "military base" has a strict legal meaning, and the US military considered it important to emphasize that no new "military base" in Israel appeared. A solemn ceremony with the cutting of a red ribbon with a large crowd of honorary guests and journalists was devoted to the opening of new housing for Israeli military personnel working in Israel, Mekhan Henderson, deputy director of the EUCOM press service, said on Tuesday. According to her, the representatives of the American command took part in the ceremony "as a sign of continuing US commitments to Israel," although "the new buildings located on the Israeli base are not an American military base," it's just "a room for US military personnel working on the base Air Force of the IDF. " American military personnel are constantly present in Israel and, in particular, serves a powerful military radar near Dimona, tracking ballistic missile launches throughout the region.