When asked by a reporter if the US was providing any from of support to Israel in it’s fight against the Hezbollah terror group which has fired thousands of rockets at Israeli civilians, Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh replied with a one word answer – ‘no.’
Singh emphasized that while the US has sent additional forces to the middle east, it would not be providing support against Hezbollah, saying: “The support that you’re seeing when it comes to US forces in the region is for our own force protection and should we need to come to the defense of Israel, like we saw from that large scale attack from Iran, we’ve positioned forces to do that. But when it comes to Lebanon, the US military has no involvement in Israel’s operations,” she added.
Meanwhile, US Senator Tom Cotton (R-AK) penned a joint letter to President Biden with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), attacking Biden for continuing to delay the transfer of vital military equipment to Israel.
The joint letter read: “We write to strongly condemn your administration’s continued delay in providing critical military equipment and weapons to our ally Israel in the midst of an existential war. Delays of equipment that Israel requires to win its multi-front war against Iranian-terrorist proxies, compounded by statements by Administration officials blaming Israel for escalation, undercut Israel’s efforts to restore deterrence by emboldening the Iranian-backed terrorists.”
Per a Reuters report on Wednesday, the US is now working behind the scenes at the UN General Assembly in New York to reach a combined Gaza-Hezbollah ceasefire agreement.
Yesterday, an Israeli report said the US warned Israel to only strike Hezbollah targets, and that the US would not accept any strikes targeting Lebanese infrastructure, calling it a ‘red line.’
{Matzav.com}