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The Pentagon is concerned about an escalation of attacks against United States troops in the Middle East in the days ahead, officials said, as Israel prepares a ground invasion into the Gaza Strip in response to the October 7 terrorist attacks by Hamas.
Pentagon officials were at first hesitant to publicly link the attacks on U.S. facilities to the Israel-Hamas conflict. They also include deploying a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Battery and additional Patriot battalions to the Middle East.
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