DEEP DIVE — Because the warfare in Gaza rages, ceasefire talks founder, and the world waits for – and worries about – an Iranian retaliation for a pair of Israeli assassinations, one factor is evident: the U.S. has made a present of army power within the area that’s nearly unprecedented for a nation that’s not at warfare.
It’s a staggering array of warships, army planes and weaponry that’s typically misplaced within the day by day information from Gaza. Since Hamas’ terror assault towards Israel almost a yr in the past, successive deployments have ringed the area with two plane service teams, almost 20 warships, and greater than 100 fighter plane – all aimed squarely at Iran and its numerous proxies in Lebanon, Gaza, Yemen and different components of the Center East.
