- Senior Hamas official Ali Barakeh says the group did not anticipate the scale of U.S. involvement in support of Israel.
- The U.S. moved a carrier strike group closer to Israel and considered sending a second aircraft carrier, fighter jets, and munitions.
- U.S. Lt.-Gen. James Glynn was sent to help Israel plan its ground offensive into Gaza.
- Iran-backed militias have targeted U.S. forces in the region in response to U.S. support for Israel.
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I wonder how Ukraine factored into the calculus. Normally yeah, you should expect this. But maybe there was doubt of funding and supporting both Ukraine and Israel concurrently.
It’s possible they also thought that half of our political system willfully shitting the bed was going to slow things down a bit, but they didn’t account for how much that same half of our political system absolutely loves killing brown people.