Posted on 04/27/2024 9:29:14 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
British troops could be deployed on the ground in Gaza to help deliver aid via a new sea route, the BBC has learned.
The US has said no American forces would go ashore and an unnamed "third party" would drive trucks along a floating causeway onto the beach.
The UK is understood to be considering tasking British troops with this when the aid corridor opens next month.
Whitehall sources said no decision had been made and the issue had not yet crossed the prime minister's desk.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Israeli army declined to comment.
Britain has been closely involved in planning the sea-borne aid operation and Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said the UK continued to take "a leading role in the delivery of support in coordination with the US and other international allies".
The possible role for British forces - known as "wet boots" by military planners - would see them drive trucks off landing craft onto the temporary causeway and deliver aid to a secure distribution area ashore.
Although a huge effort would be made to protect allied forces both off and onshore, British troops would potentially face a higher risk of attack from Hamas and other armed groups.
On Wednesday, a United Nations team had to take cover when mortars landed near the planned distribution zone.
US defence officials confirmed an American army ship had begun work in the eastern Mediterranean to build a large floating pier.
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British young men will be sacrificed as human shields in a shooting gallery.....to protect the Fakestinian terrorist murder gangsters... who themselves use innocent people as human shields in the very same shooting gallery
If I were a young Brit, I would refuse deployment and tell the Ruling Elite to go stuff themselves. Seriously. This is not a proper deployment by any stretch of the imagination
Probably the right thing to do. If they put you in prison, they'll be negative publicity over it.
That is what I expected as soon as the pier was announced. It is a way to Get US troops into a position that requires IDF to actually attack them in order to finish the job on HAMAS. US roops on the ground in Gaza may even be ordered to instigate or to start a shooting fight with IF to give Obiden the excuse to initiate the Final Solution that has been so long delayed after a great start 82 years ago.
That is what I expected as soon as the pier was announced. It is a way to Get US troops into a position that requires IDF to actually attack them in order to finish the job on HAMAS. US troops on the ground in Gaza may even be ordered to instigate or to start a shooting fight with IF to give Obiden the excuse to initiate the Final Solution that has been so long delayed after a great start 82 years ago.
This will end badly. Take that to the bank.
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