The Israelâs war with Hamas has and is expectedly expanding, with confirmed reports from the Department of Defense (DoD) that 2,000 U.S. soldiers and officials have been put on notice that they may be commissioned to Israel.
The Wall Street Journal was the first to break the news that the Pentagon is actively considering this. The WSJ first reported:
The U.S. military has selected roughly 2,000 troops to prepare for a potential deployment to support Israel, U.S. defense officials said. The troops are tasked with missions like advising and medical support, the officials said, and they are from across the U.S. armed services.
They arenât intended to serve in a combat role, the officials said. No infantry have been put on prepare-to-deploy order.
The WSJ wrote, adding that most of the selected troops are already stationed in the Middle East or in Europe.
Not long after the news broke, Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh for Pentagon was asked this during a presser, for which she said she did not have any concrete information to provide at the time. âSo on the Wall Street Journal reporting, I donât have more to provide at this time. I might be able to give you more details later, but at this time, I just donât have anything more specific to add to,â she said.
However, just this morning Singh to formally issue a statement that did confirm that the DoD is actively considering this. She said in a press release:
Today, Secretary Austin placed approximately 2,000 personnel and a range of units on a heightened state of readiness through a prepare to deploy order, which increases DoDâs ability to respond quickly to the evolving security environment in the Middle East. No decisions have been made to deploy any forces at this time. The Secretary will continue to assess our force posture and remain in close contact with allies and partners…
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