White House discloses effort to protect Israel likely involves US troops

[RYAN ROBERTSON]

IF IRAN AND ITS PROXY GROUPS LAUNCH AN ATTACK AGAINST ISRAEL– THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS IT WILL DEFEND ITS KEY ALLY.

WASHINGTON IS ALSO ANNOUNCING NEW U-S DEFENSE DEPLOYMENTS TO COUNTER THE BALLISTIC MISSILE AND DRONE THREATS AGAINST ISRAEL.

PRESIDENT BIDEN AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS TALKED WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU THURSDAY.

THE THREE DISCUSSED U-S EFFORTS TO BOLSTER ISRAEL’S DEFENSE CAPABILITIES.

BIDEN TOLD REPORTERS HE HAD A TOUGH CALL WITH NETANYAHU, BUT REAFFIRMED THE UNITED STATES’ UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL.

SPECIFICS WERE NOT GIVEN– BUT U-S NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SPOKESMAN JOHN KIRBY TOLD CNN IT COULD INVOLVE BOOTS ON THE GROUND

[CNN REPORTER]

WHEN YOU’RE TALKING RESOURCES IS THAT PEOPLE OR IS THAT HARDWARE?

[JOHN KIRBY]

“IT’S MOST LIKELY GONNA BE A COMBINATION OF BOTH, OF COURSE, BECAUSE IT’S NOT JUST HARDWARE WHEN YOU’RE ADDING CAPABILITY TO A REGION. YOU’VE GOT TO ADD TROOPS INTO THAT MIX AS WELL TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE THAT EQUIPMENT.”

[RYAN ROBERTSON]

MEANWHILE, NETANYAHU SAID ISRAEL IS PREPARED FOR ANY SCENARIO.

THE HELP FROM THE U-S COMES AMID ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

IRAN AND HAMAS VOWED REVENGE AFTER HAMAS’ TOP POLITICAL LEADER DIED IN AN EXPLOSION IN TEHRAN.

IRAN BLAMES ISRAEL FOR THE ATTACK– BUT ISRAELI FORCES AREN’T CONFIRMING OR DENYING THEIR INVOLVEMENT. .

ISRAEL DID CONFIRM IT’S BEHIND THE TUESDAY ASSASINATION OF A HEZBOLLAH COMMANDER IN BEIRUT 

THE I-D-F SAID HE’S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEADLY ATTACK IN THE ISRAELI-CONTROLLED GOLAN HEIGHTS.

A ROCKET LAUNCHED BY HEZBOLLAH KILLED 12 KIDS PLAYING SOCCER.

ISRAEL’S BORDER WITH LEBANON IS THE EPICENTER OF FIGHTING BETWEEN ISRAELI FORCES AND HEZBOLLAH MILITANTS…WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE FROM LEBANON.

A RECENT ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE KILLED AT LEAST FOUR SYRIAN NATIONALS IN LEBANON.

MEANWHILE, THE I-D-F’S GAZA CAMPAIGN IS NOW IN ITS TENTH MONTH. THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN THERE IS ONLY GETTING WORSE –  ISRAELI FORCES HIT A SCHOOL IN GAZA CITY THURSDAY– KILLING AT LEAST 15 PEOPLE AND INJURING 29 OTHERS.

THE I-D-F SAID IT WAS TARGETING HAMAS FIGHTERS WHO WERE INSIDE THE SCHOOL.

FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR–HAMAS FIGHTERS HAVE REPEATEDLY HID AMONG THE CIVILIAN POPULATION–AND ISRAEL CONTINUES TO DEMONSTRATE ITS WILLINGNESS TO TAKE OUT SUCH TARGETS.

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FOR STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS, I’M RYAN ROBERTSON.