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American Commandos Are in Israel Helping to Locate Hostages, Pentagon Says


(New York Times) Eric Schmitt - "We're actively helping the Israelis to do a number of things," Assistant Secretary of Defense Christopher P. Maier said Tuesday. A main task was to help Israel "identify hostages, including American hostages. It's really our responsibility to do so." U.S. officials say the Defense Department has dispatched several dozen commandos in recent days, in addition to a small team that was in Israel on Oct. 7 conducting previously scheduled training. The U.S. Special Operations forces are not assigned any combatant roles in Israel, but they are talking through with their Israeli counterparts "what is going to be a very complex fight going forward" in Gaza, Maier said.
2023-11-01 00:00:00
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