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[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] pound_heap@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, I see someone already told you that American soldiers have been there already, long ago this new deployment. But they didn't bother to prove it to you, and you didn't believe them.

Well, let me Google it for you. Very quick search reveals this article from 2017:

https://apnews.com/general-news-2ccf317f293d4be59b92cec5554c3db4

Back then it was "dozens of soldiers", nothing close to thousands another person claimed, though. But I think it's safe to assume the numbers grew since then.

[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 1 points 15 hours ago

I'm not disputing this, I'm just asking for clarity so I can understand key facts. Are there soldiers actively serving in Israel? How many? Since when?

That article didn't actually provide much clarity. I tried searching for more, and found a bit in this article:

https://theintercept.com/2023/10/27/secret-military-base-israel-gaza-site-512/

The main thing this says is that US military presence in Israel is deliberately ambiguous. For instance, the day after the commemoration in the article you shared, US European Command actually denied that this was a us military base, insisting that it was actually a "living facility".

I don't doubt that we have troops there. But historically the army doesn't seem to acknowledge them. So announcing sending people does seem significant.