More Powderkegs: Israel Prepares For Gaza Escalation, Boosts Troops On Gaza Border

As the teen deaths, rocket launches (and landings), and rhetoric fly back back and forth; it appears last week’s de-escalation is off…

  • *ISRAEL ARMY SPOKESMAN SAYS TROOPS BEING BOOSTED ON GAZA BORDER
  • *ISRAELI ARMY SAYS IT IS PREPARING FOR POSSIBLE GAZA ESCALATION
  • *ISRAELI AIRCRAFT TARGET GAZA TERROR TUNNEL, ARMY SAYS

The US administration has been oddly quiet so far on this… we await their ‘supportive’ comments.

Bloomberg reports,

As many as 1,500 reservists to be mobilized to reinforce infantry, paratroop units, military spokesman Lt.-Col. Peter Lerner says in phone interview.

 

“While last week the army talked about de-escalation, now we’re talking about preparation for possible escalation”

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So, Iraq, Syria, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt (post gas subsidies), and now Israel.. must be time to BTFATH in US stocks…




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