{"id":113933,"date":"2024-10-14T05:51:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T22:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113933"},"modified":"2024-10-14T05:51:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T22:51:48","slug":"us-deploying-thaad-missile-defence-system-troops-to-israel-israel-attacks-lebanon-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113933","title":{"rendered":"US deploying THAAD missile defence system, troops to Israel | Israel attacks Lebanon News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>The United States is sending an advanced anti-missile system to Israel, the Pentagon has announced, as President Joe Biden\u2019s administration continues to provide \u201cironclad\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/10\/9\/biden-and-netanyahu-hold-productive-call-amid-middle-east-violence\">support for one of its top allies<\/a> amid mounting tensions with Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The US Department of Defense said on Sunday that Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin had authorised the deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) \u201cbattery and associated crew of US military personnel to Israel\u201d to help boost the country\u2019s air defences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe THAAD Battery will augment Israel\u2019s integrated air defense system. This action underscores the United States\u2019 ironclad commitment to the defense of Israel, and to defend Americans in Israel, from any further ballistic missile attacks by Iran,\u201d the Pentagon said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes less than two weeks after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/10\/1\/irans-missile-attack-against-israel-what-we-know-and-what-comes-next\">Iran fired a barrage of missiles<\/a> at Israel on October 1 in retaliation for the assassinations of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders and an Iranian general.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/liveblog\/2024\/10\/5\/live-israel-resumes-beirut-bombing-as-lebanon-death-toll-passes-2000\">vowed to retaliate<\/a> \u2014 spurring fears that the Middle East could be dragged into an all-out regional war.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Biden suggested that Israel should refrain from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/10\/2\/biden-says-he-would-not-back-israeli-strike-on-irans-nuclear-sites\">striking Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities<\/a> or oilfields, but the Israeli government has repeatedly defied the US president\u2019s public warnings in the past.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear when exactly the US\u2019s THAAD system will be deployed to Israel. An unnamed US official told CBS News that \u201caround 100 troops\u201d will go to the country.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that Washington was \u201cputting [the] lives of its troops at risk by deploying them to operate US missile systems in Israel\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we have made tremendous efforts in recent days to contain an all-out war in our region, I say it clearly that we have no red lines in defending our people and interests,\u201d Araghchi <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/araghchi\/status\/1845404416855167299\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote on social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While the US has said it favours diplomacy and a de-escalation in the region, critics have noted that Washington offers Israel unwavering military and diplomatic support.<\/p>\n<p>The US provides Israel with at least $3.8bn in military aid annually, and the Biden administration has authorised $14bn in further assistance to its ally since the Israeli military began its war on the Gaza Strip in October of last year.<\/p>\n<p>Israel also recently expanded its bombing campaign in Lebanon, after exchanging fire with Lebanese group Hezbollah across the Israel-Lebanon border for months.<\/p>\n<p>Yet despite growing concerns over a widening war, the Biden administration has rebuffed calls to suspend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/10\/7\/us-spends-more-than-20bn-in-aid-to-israel-middle-east-conflicts-report\">weapons transfers<\/a> to Israel to pressure the country to end the wars in Gaza and Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera\u2019s senior political analyst, said \u201cthere is no doubt\u201d that Washington\u2019s THAAD system announcement on Sunday would further escalate regional tensions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not sure if President Biden is sleep-walking his way into another regional war \u2026 or [if] he has his eyes wide open as he escalates the war,\u201d Bishara said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3217906\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3217906\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-3217906\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/INTERACTIVE-Israel-defence-system-Iron-dome-David-Sling-Arrow-System-Missile-1727876505_91a997-1727893852.png?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C770\" alt=\"Israel's defence system\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3217906\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">[Al Jazeera]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Israel already uses three integrated missile defence systems to intercept incoming rockets and missiles fired towards the country.<\/p>\n<p>But the THAAD system that the US will deploy to Israel has a greater range than other systems and marks a \u201cstep up\u201d, Al Jazeera\u2019s Mike Hanna reported from Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe important point, too, is that the [THAAD] systems are so complex that it requires a crew of 94 to operate \u2014 a trained crew of 94 \u2014 and these will be US soldiers,\u201d Hanna said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a system being put in place and it is a significant step up of the US support for Israel as this crisis continues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Al Jazeera, military analyst Elijah Magnier said he believed the THAAD system announcement meant that the expected Israeli attack on Iran is \u201cnot imminent\u201d, as\u00a0Israel would want the missile defence system to be in place before any attack, which will likely be followed by another Iranian attack on Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The US previously deployed a THAAD battery to Israel in 2019 for training and an air defence exercise, the Pentagon said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Biden also directed the military to send one to the Middle East \u201cto defend American troops and interests in the region\u201d after last year\u2019s October 7 attacks by Hamas on southern Israel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async 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