The Pentagon said Monday that more U.S. troops are being rushed to the Middle East because of more fighting in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah terrorist groups.
The AP says Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder wouldn’t say how many more troops would be sent or what they would be expected to do. The exact area where they will be deployed has also not been made public.
There are about 40,000 U.S. troops in the area right now. Recently, U.S. Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin sent a guided missile submarine to the Middle East and told the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to get there faster.
There was news that the US thinks Iran or one of its agents could attack Israel as soon as this week.
Israel is getting ready to do more operations at the same time that the State Department tells Americans to leave Lebanon because the risk of a regional war is growing.
The State Department warned on Saturday that the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah and recent explosions in Lebanon, including Beirut, make things difficult to predict. As a result, the U.S. Embassy urges U.S. citizens to leave Lebanon while commercial options are still open, as the AP reported.
CBC News reported that Israel struck hundreds of Hezbollah targets on Monday, killing at least 274 people. This was the bloodiest day in Lebanon in almost a year of fighting. At the same time, the United States sent more troops to the troubled Middle East.
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