The move reflects how much visibility the Biden administration has in Israel's military planning.
Soldiers sit on an artillery unity near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip in Netivot, Israel. Photo: Amir Levy/Getty Imagesto help advise the Israeli military's leadership in its operation in Gaza, according to two U.S. officials and two Israeli officials briefed on the issue.James Glynn, according to a senior Israeli official. Glynn previously headed the Marines' special operations and was involved in the operations against ISIS in Iraq.
Glynn is not expected to stay in Israel to follow the IDF ground invasion, sources with direct knowledge of the issue said."We have asked several officials with relevant experience simply to help Israeli officials think through the difficult questions ahead and explore their options. The IDF will, as always, make its own decisions," a Pentagon spokesperson told Axios.
"We give them our best advice. It's important, as we said, not only what they do, but how they do it, particularly when it comes to making sure that civilians are as protected as they possibly can be in this crossfire of Hamas' making," Blinken said.
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