A "big military project" between Morocco and Israel is north, according to a Spanish newspaper

 Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz will visit Rabat at the end of November to conclude security cooperation agreements with Morocco, but a Spanish media report says that cooperation between the two countries may include a "major military project" near the Moroccan-Spanish border.

Gantz will arrive in the Moroccan capital on the 25th of this month, and his visit will last for two days, during which he will meet with Moroccan officials.

El Espanol newspaper quotes its sources as saying that the Israeli-Moroccan cooperation includes "building a military base" near Melilla, a Spanish enclave over which Morocco claims sovereignty.

According to the newspaper, the military base was built in the Afso region, a village group affiliated with the Ait Bouyahia tribe, in the Berber rural region of Nador, in northern Morocco.

The newspaper says, quoting intelligence sources, that the military base project far exceeds the goals of the Abraham Accords, of which Morocco is a member, after it signed an agreement to normalize relations with Israel.

The newspaper says that cooperation between Morocco and Israel goes beyond security and defense issues and also includes an intelligence agreement.

Israel is working to develop a local Moroccan industry to produce drones, which would enhance the capabilities of the Moroccan Air Force, according to the newspaper. In this way, the Israelis will also be able to produce drones in large quantities and at a much lower price in Morocco, which will allow them to position themselves well in the export markets.

The newspaper says that cooperation between the two countries will make Israel another great ally of Rabat.

Gantz is scheduled to meet with Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and Defense Ministry officials. He will also sign security cooperation agreements between the two countries.

Late last year, Morocco became the fourth Arab country to normalize its relations with Israel, within the framework of a tripartite agreement under which the United States of America recognizes Morocco's sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara with the Polisario Front.

Israel includes about 700,000 people of Moroccan origin who were forced to take indirect flights to visit Morocco, before the agreement, but their visit to Morocco became possible after the opening of direct flights between the two countries under the agreement.