Fifty-six personnel have been injured and one killed in almost a month of attacks on American forces across the region.
President Joe Biden is struggling to both „speak softly and carry a big stick,“ as attacks on American forces in the Middle East mount and Israeli troops press their devastating assault on the Gaza Strip despite growing concern in the U.S.
Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters on Thursday that there have now been at least 46 separate attacks on American forces in the region since the latest Israel-Hamas conflagration began—24 in Iraq and 22 in Syria.
Attacks involving American forces are being carried out by Iranian-aligned militias in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. U.S. airstrikes targeted—for the second time in the past month—Iranian-linked sites in Syria on Thursday in response to the recent operations. But U.S. „self-defense“ strikes have not stemmed the violence.
More than 11,000 Palestinians have been killed there amid Israel’s unprecedented assault, according to the Associated Press citing data from the Gaza Health Ministry. The campaign has outraged the Islamic world, unsettled many of Israel’s Western allies, and sparked fresh clashes in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
