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Israel has reportedly agreed to delay the invasion of Gaza so the US can set up missile defences to guard its troops within the area.
The Pentagon is about to deploy practically a dozen air-defence techniques to guard troops within the area, together with in Iraq, Syria, Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the Wall Road Journal stories.
US got here to an settlement with Israel to carry off the invasion till these techniques are positioned, which will likely be ‘as early as later this week’.
One other issue Israel is bearing in mind is the humanitarian assist being delivered to civilians contained in the Gaza Strip and the diplomatic talks being held to free extra hostages taken by Hamas, Israeli officers have mentioned.
Threats to the US troops had been of paramount concern, US officers instructed the WSJ.
The US army and different officers consider their forces will likely be focused by militant teams as soon as Israel launches its floor invasion of the Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory, based on the report.
To this point, there have been not less than 13 missile and drone assaults towards US troops in Iraq and Syria, which induced the demise of 1 American contractor. The strikes additionally destroyed an American
drone.
A minimum of two dozen US troopers had been injured in assaults in Iraq and an extra ten in Iraq, officers mentioned, however added that a lot of the accidents had been minor.
Washington suggested Israel to carry off on a floor assault within the Gaza Strip and is protecting Qatar – a dealer with the Palestinian militants – apprised of these talks as its tries to free extra hostages and put together for a potential wider regional warfare, it was reported earlier this week.
