### [2026-06-5](/feed/2026/06/5/index.md)

##### Middle Eastern crisis
# CNN reports that Israel has deployed commandos, military, and intelligence personnel, to Azerbaijan near its border with Iran during the war and carried out a covert intel mission in doing so. 




### Sources:

1. [Haaretz](https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-06-05/ty-article/report-israel-secretly-deployed-idf-troops-to-azerbaijan-amid-iran-war/0000019e-96f6-d59e-a79f-fef74c400000)
2. [Times of Israel](https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-israel-carried-out-covert-intel-mission-along-azerbaijan-iran-border-during-iran-war/)
3. [Ynetnews](https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bka8ubewmx)

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