Israel and Palestine are momentarily at a ceasefire, but the potential reasoning behind the recess could have some real international implications. Israel’s Debka reports that the pause in fighting comes after the US promised to send troops to Sinai.
According to Debka, US troops will soon be en route to the Sinai Peninsula, Egyptian territory in North Africa that’s framed by the Suez Canal on the West and Israel on the East. In its northeast most point, Sinai is but a stone’s throw from Palestinian-controlled Gaza, and according to Debka, Hamas fighters there have been relying on Iranian arms smugglers to supply them with weaponry by way of Egypt.
Debka reports this week that Sinai will soon be occupied by US troops, who were promised by President Barack Obama to Israel’s leaders as a condition that a ceasefire be called. Once deployed, the Americans will intervene with the rumored arms trade orchestrated by Iranians, ideally cutting off supplies for Hamas while at the same time serving as a thorn in the side of Iran.
“Once the missile and arms consignments depart Iranian ports or Libyan arms bazaars, Tehran has no direct control of their transit from point to point through Egypt until they reach Sinai and their Gaza destination,” Debka reports.
“All the same, a US special forces operation against the Sinai segment of the Iranian smuggling route would count as the first overt American military strike against an Iranian military interest.”
The decision to send US troops to Sinai in exchange for a ceasefire was
reportedly arranged early Wednesday morning after Pres. Obama made a deal over
the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In the days prior, Israel was relentless
in targeting Gaza, killing more than 100 persons ~ including civilians ~ during
a renewed assault on Hamas. A ceasefire has since been called after a week of
fight, but more military action could soon occur, claims Israel, if the flow of
weapons to Gaza is not stopped.
Netanyahu has been adamant with his pleas
for the United States to strike Iran in an effort to disrupt its nuclear
enrichment facilities, a demand which up until now has been brushed aside by
Pres. Obama. The White House has up until now insisted on diplomatic measures
in order to make an impact on any Iranian output, but Debka’s sources suggest
that US troops may now have to intervene in Sinai if any smugglers should
attempt to move weapons into Gaza.
“By opening the Sinai door to an American troop deployment for Israel’s defense, recognizes that the US force also insures Israel against Cairo revoking or failing to honor the peace treaty Egypt signed with Israel in 1979,” adds Debka.
According to their sources, US troops are expected in Egypt early next week.
Meanwhile, American forces have all but surrounded Iran and are stationed in
countless bases across the Middle East.
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