According to Russia Today, the US has fortified its bases in Northeast Syria with helicopters and military equipment to provide additional protection for Israel.
The website cited sources stating that the US has deployed 15 Apache helicopters to the Syrian Jazeera region to boost its offensive capabilities.
Sources revealed that a military cargo plane landed loaded with military equipment, air defense batteries, and logistical and military supplies, accompanied by about 25 military personnel.
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin had ordered the deployment of Navy ships and destroyers to the Middle East.
The Department also stated that the U.S. would send a group of additional fighter squadrons to the region.
Sabrina Singh, Deputy Press Secretary for the U.S. Department of Defense, mentioned on Friday that more defensive military capabilities would be deployed in the Middle East to enhance the protection of U.S. forces in the area and to defend Israel.
In a significant military response, the US has deployed 12 warships to the Middle East as tensions escalate following the assassinations of Hamas’ political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, and Hezbollah’s military commander Fouad Shukr in Beirut.
A Pentagon official disclosed to The Washington Post that this deployment includes American destroyers in the Gulf and the Eastern Mediterranean, featuring the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and amphibious assault teams, along with over 4,000 Marines and sailors.
As reported by The Washington Post, the US has redirected several warships from the Red Sea—previously engaged against Houthi forces in Yemen—to the Gulf and Mediterranean in light of the heightened regional tensions.
Meanwhile, Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reports that Israel has, through Western and regional intermediaries, warned Hezbollah that any major attack would trigger a war.
Israel intends to target combatants rather than infrastructure supporting combat efforts, urging Hezbollah to adopt a similar approach in its operations.
