(Xinhua) - Washington The Pentagon announced on Monday that the US is deploying a limited force to the Middle East in response to the escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, which is based in Lebanon. This is in line with a Reuters press release.
Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder told reporters, "We are sending a small number of additional troops to increase the number of our troops already stationed in the region as a precaution to avoid any risk." Ryder did not indicate the number of US troops to be sent to the Middle East or the purpose of the mission.
However, it does so in the midst of mounting worries about the possibility of an Israeli-Hezbollah war breaking out.
According to the Lebanese health ministry, 492 people have died as a result of the Israeli airstrikes on thousands of Hezbollah targets on Monday, September 23. Escape to a safe place. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, 24 children and 42 women were among the dead, while 1,645 were injured.
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