The United States has sent a “few” military advisers to Israel following the October 7 Hamas attacks, the White House says.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says the officers have experience in “the sorts of operations that Israel is conducting, and may conduct in the future,” and were “over there to share some perspectives.”
He also says Iran is “actively facilitating” attacks on US bases in the Middle East.
“Iran continues to support Hamas and Hezbollah, and we know that Iran is closely monitoring these events and in some cases, actively facilitating these attacks and spurring on others who may want to exploit the conflict for their own good or for that of Iran,” Kirby says.
“We know Iran’s goal is to maintain some level of deniability here, but we’re not going to allow them to do that,” Kirby adds.
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The Pentagon has sent military advisers, including a Marine Corps general versed in urban warfare, to Israel to aid in its war planning and is speeding multiple sophisticated air defence systems to the Middle East days ahead of an anticipated ground assault into Gaza.
One of the officers leading the assistance is Marine Corps Lt. Gen. James Glynn, who previously helped lead special operations forces against the Islamic State and served in Fallujah, Iraq, during some of the most heated urban combat there, according to a U.S. official who was not authorised to discuss Glynn’s role and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
