While the Israeli military has announced an intensification and expansion of attacks on the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas, Washington has ordered the transfer of even more US weapons systems. As US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Saturday, a battery of the state-of-the-art THAAD missile defense system will now be stationed in the Eastern Mediterranean. This will also be supported by units of the powerful Patriot air defense system.
They served as a deterrent, to increase the protection of US forces in the region and to support Israel’s defense, the report said. The backdrop is the “recent escalation by Iran and its allies” across the Middle East, Austin explains. The US had previously sent several warships and air force squadrons to the region as a deterrent.
Just a few days ago, a US destroyer in the Red Sea had to intercept three missiles and several drones that had apparently been fired or taken off from Yemen. It is unclear at this time where the bullets were aimed. They departed from Yemen and headed north along the Red Sea — “possibly toward targets in Israel,” the Pentagon said Thursday.
The crackdown in the West Bank spread
In addition to the Gaza Strip, Israel’s military operations are increasingly expanding into the West Bank. On Sunday evening, the army said it had attacked a “terror cell” in a mosque in the Jenin refugee camp. The Al-Ansar Mosque was home to an underground “terror complex” of the Islamist Hamas and Islamic Jihad, which was planning a new terrorist attack, the Israeli military said on Telegram. According to unconfirmed media reports, two Palestinians were killed in the attack.
The number of incidents at the Lebanese border is increasing
Violent incidents have also occurred on the border with Lebanon. The Israeli army said it has attacked “terror cells” in southern Lebanon after renewed shelling from Lebanon. The pro-Iranian Shiite militia Hezbollah operates in Lebanon. Israeli Defense Minister Joav Galant said on Saturday that they had “decided to participate in the fighting,” his office said.
Source: Krone
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