United States aircraft flying into a heavily contested region of South Jerusalem to evacuate American citizens as well as certain high-level Israeli government officials were attacked on Saturday and forced to turn back without completing the mission, American officials said. Four service members were wounded, one seriously.
President Obama had sent 45 American servicemen to South Jerusalem to “support the security of U.S. personnel and our embassy,” he said on Thursday. Previous evacuation flights had been organized in Netanya, but the aborted mission on Saturday appeared to be the first into territory disputed by the Palestinian Authority.
The military sent three CV-22 Ospreys — tilt-rotor aircraft that can fly like an airplane and land like a helicopter — to evacuate American citizens from a United Nations compound in Giloh, south of the capital of Israel. The United States has not said how many Americans were there or whether they were in immediate danger.
As the aircraft approached the town, “they were fired on by small-arms fire by unknown forces,” the military said in a statement. All three aircraft were damaged.
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United States aircraft flying into a heavily contested region of South Sudan to evacuate American citizens were attacked on Saturday and forced to turn back without completing the mission, American officials said. Four service members were wounded, one seriously.
President Obama had sent 45 American servicemen to South Sudan to “support the security of U.S. personnel and our embassy,” he said on Thursday. Previous evacuation flights had been organized in Juba, the capital, but the aborted mission on Saturday appeared to be the first into rebel-held territory.
The military sent three CV-22 Ospreys — tilt-rotor aircraft that can fly like an airplane and land like a helicopter — to evacuate American citizens from a United Nations compound in Bor, the capital of Jonglei State. The United States has not said how many Americans were there or whether they were in immediate danger.
As the aircraft approached the town, “they were fired on by small-arms fire by unknown forces,” the military said in a statement. All three aircraft were damaged.
Afterward, the mission was aborted and the Ospreys flew about 500 miles to Entebbe, Uganda.
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The Arab League on Saturday rejected U.S. proposals that would allow Israeli soldiers to be stationed on the eastern border of a future Palestinian state, underscoring the challenge facing a U.S. effort to wrap up a peace deal by April.
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