Roughly 900 troops have deployed or are getting ready to leave for the Middle East as part of the U.S. surge to bolster air defense support for U.S. forces who have come under attack in the region amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. Photo: Kevin Wolf/AP
Israeli defense minister says fuel blockade of Gaza is needed to undermine Hamas’s defenses ahead of a widely-anticipated ground invasionIsrael said it is working closely with Washington as it makes its final preparations for a ground offensive in Gaza, sending a second heavily-armed patrol into the enclave to eliminate Hamas ground positions while the U.S. hit two militia bases in Syria in what it said was an effort to deter Iran and its proxies from widening the war.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has spoken near-daily with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin as Israel fine-tunes the details for its widely-anticipated ground assault against Hamas, saying Israeli military chief of staff Herzi Halevy is in constant contact with top U.S. commanders, who have shared with the Israelis their experience fighting insurgents in Fallujah and Mosul.
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