The Pentagon plans to deploy a few dozen U.S. troops to the Middle East in the coming days to be ready to assist Americans in evacuating if fighting between Israel and Hezbollah escalates significantly.
The Pentagon plans to send a few dozen U.S. troops to the Middle East in the coming days to be ready to help Americans flee a region bracing for a simmering conflict between Israel and the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon to significantly escalate, according to three defense officials. The U.S. forces will add to the roughly 40,000 troops already in the region — a presence that has grown as the war between Israel and Hamas continued and tensions with Hezbollah intensified.
officials if or when a ground offensive could begin, the three Defense officials said. That’s left the U.S. to have to search for indicators of a ground movement, such as Israel calling up large numbers of reservists or moving columns of tanks heading toward the Lebanese border, the officials said. The officials estimate a large offensive into southern Lebanon would take thousands more troops and armored vehicles, plus forces to hold any territory.
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