Pentagon to deploy ‘land-based’ firepower and additional troops to Middle East to counter Iranian threats
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The US military “posture adjustments” come as Israel gears up for a likely retaliatory strike from Iran and its proxies related to the assassinations of top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr.