A spokesman for the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) said that information regarding the participation of American soldiers in Israel’s ground operation in the Gaza Strip is fake. RIA Novosti writes about this.
Previously, Iranian state institution Tasnim, citing a source, reported that approximately five thousand American soldiers participated in Israel’s ground operation against the Gaza Strip on the night between Friday and Saturday.
A US Special Operations Command spokesman confirmed this was disinformation.
At the same time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that everything possible would be done to release the kidnapped citizens, and that this was one of the goals of the war. According to the Prime Minister, the more pressure is put on Hamas, the greater the chance of the hostages returning home.
7 October Hamas forces launched Several thousand rockets were launched into Israel and the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood was announced. Thousands of militants invaded Israeli territory, seizing dozens of military equipment and more than a hundred hostages. In this context, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war.
The Israel Defense Forces intervention operation was called “Iron Swords” and one of its goals was the destruction of Hamas. Israeli Air Force applied Hundreds of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip were attacked, and Israel’s National Security Council decided to cut off the supply of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the strip. 13 October Israel reported The UN said 1.1 million Palestinians should be evacuated to southern Gaza within 24 hours before a ground operation in Gaza.
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Ben-Gvir, formerly far-right Israeli Minister of National Security statedHe said it was not enough to send only “hundreds of tons of explosives” and “not even a gram of humanitarian aid” to Gaza until the civilian hostages were released.